764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty 1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power 1942 WWII Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands 1968 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools 1970 Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded | 
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