On this day in 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established.
On this day in 1963, South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm was assassinated following a military coup.
On this day in 1983, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
On this day in 1988, the Morris worm, the first-ever computer virus, was launched from MIT.