On this day in 1908, a telecommunications station atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris began its first long-distance wireless communications service.
On this day in 1945, U.S. planes from aircraft carriers sank 25 Japanese ships off the Indo-China Peninsula.
On this day in 1998, nineteen European nations signed an accord to prohibit the cloning of human beings.
On this day in 2008, Taiwan's Kuomintang won more than two-thirds of seats up for grabs in the first legislative election under a new electoral system.