On this day in 1868, Mongkut, king of Siam, died at the age of 64. In only 17 years he implemented sweeping political, economic and social changes with help from the West.
On this day in 1974, the annual three-day meeting of the Sino-U.S. Cooperation Science Program was held in Taipei.
On this day in 2012, a ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong killed 38 people and injured 102 others.