1849 - Corn Laws abolished in Britain 1854 - Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute) 1901 - Stanley Cup‚ Montreal Arena‚ Westmount‚ Quebec: Winnipeg Victorias edge Montreal Shamrocks‚ 2-1 to sweep challenge series‚ 2-0 1906 - Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake‚ Colombia‚ 8.6 Richter 1945 - Soviet troops reach the Oder River‚ less that 50 miles from Berlin 1948 - Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway 1955 - RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer 1966 - Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith wins her 7th consecutive Australian singles title; beats American Nancy Richey in a walkover‚ Richey injured 1978 - "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 performances 2001 - In the Netherlands‚ a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie‚ Scotland in 1988 More Historical Events »