On this day in 1966, Surveyor 1 was launched, and later on became the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body.
On this day in 1974, the Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first entered service.
On this day in 1998, Pakistan conducted an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It was reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
On this day in 2012, Former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.