In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland.
In 1976, America’s Viking 2 lander touched down on Mars to take the planet’s first close-up, color photos.
In 1978, Pope John Paul II was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1995, the online auction site eBay was founded in San Jose,California.