356-Roman Emperor Constantius II closes all pagan temples
1600-Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
1878-Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his cylinder phonograph [1]
1942-An estimated 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin
1942-FDR orders the detention and internment of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast
1945-U.S. 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 U.S. Marines
1963 -“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan, widely credited as the start of second-wave feminism, is published
1998-After being eliminated by the Czech Republic, the US ice hockey team trashes three dorm rooms at the Olympic Village in Nagano, Japan
2001-An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial
Source: Korea Times News
