1936 - International communist conference members in Prague arrange create International Brigades to help the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War
1953 - Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission in Santiago de Cuba
1963 - US Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous communications satellite, launches
1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1978 - 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

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