1944 - Allies air raid railways at Vaires, Paris 1947 - US President Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act 1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 1962 - Cuba's Minister of Foreign affairs Raúl Castro meets Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow 1972 - Leader of the British Labour Party Harold Wilson holds meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army 1981 - Polish communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1986 - Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains 1992 - The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima, Peru 2012 - 24 people are killed after a ferry sinks off the coast of Zanzibar 2013 - 46th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center More Historical Events »