MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2020: Kenyan politician Daniel arap Moi, who served as his country's president for almost 25 years, died at age 95. [Test your knowledge of African leaders.] 2012: British servicewoman Florence Green, the last surviving veteran of World War I, died at age 110. [Sort fact from fiction in our World War I quiz.] 2004: The Web site Facebook was launched (as TheFacebook.com); later it would become the largest social network in the world. [Test your knowledge of tech companies .] 2003: Yugoslavia officially changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. [Take our quiz about European history.] 1948: Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from Great Britain. [Test your knowledge of Asia.] 1938: Thornton Wilder's Our Town, a classic portrayal of small-town American life, made its Broadway debut. [ How much do you know about American writers?]