On this day in 1935, an earthquake hit central and northern Taiwan, killing some 3,000 people.
On this day in 1937, steamships formally began plying a regular weekly route between Shanghai and San Francisco.
On this day in 1989, more than 10,000 workers and students clamoring for democracy and human rights marched from campuses to converge on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. That was in defiance of official warnings against anti-government protests.