1722 French C Hopffer patented the automatic fire extinguisher in England 1987 Black Monday Stock Markets around the world crashed

1922 the BBC the British Broadcasting Company was founded 1931 Inventor Thomas Edison died he lived 1847-1931

1907 Guglielmo Marconi began the 1st commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay Nova Scotia Canada and Clifden Ireland 1943 the Burma railway was completed it was built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers to be used by the Japanese Army

1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis began after US President John F Kennedy showed photos of Soviet Missiles in Cuba 1978 Polish Carinal Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II of the Catholic church

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in the island of St Helena beginning his exile form France 1989 Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe and became the greatest scorer in the National Hockey League of ice hockey

1892 Arthur Conan Doyle published a collection of 12 stories as ” The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1982 US President Ronald Reagan began the War on Drugs to this day and much money spent the USA is still losing that war