On this day in 1937, the Central Standing Committee of the ruling Kuomintang approved the adoption of the KMT's party song as the national anthem of the Republic of China. The words of the ROC national anthem were first issued by the founding father of the ROC, Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
On this day in 1965, Edward H. White became the first American astronaut to take a walk in space when he stepped outside his Gemini 4 spacecraft.
On this day in 1989, the government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.