On this day in 1848, Arthur James Balfour, British prime minister from 1902 to 1906, was born in Scotland. He also served as foreign secretary from 1916 to 1919, during which time his Balfour Declaration promised to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.
On this day in 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot became the first man to cross the English Channel in a monoplane, flying from Calais to Dover in his Bleriot XI.
On this day in 1978, the first batch of 10 electric cars developed by the faculty of National Tsinghwa University was delivered to the Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications for test use in collecting mail.
On this day in 2005, Acting Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai accepted the flag of the World Games at the closing ceremony of the 7th World Games held in the German city of Duisburg, making the southern Taiwan city the host of the next event in 2009.