Notable events

• 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" 
• 1933 The first concentration camp in Germany, Dachau, opened 
• 1959 Thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal 
• 1970 France launched its first successful Diamant-B rocket and satellite from its Guiana Space Centre 

Other events

• 1814: Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of Laon 
• 1848: The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 
• 1906: The Courrières mine disaster in France killed 1,099 miners 
• 1909: Thailand signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty, giving Britain control of four Malay states 
• 1922: Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for sedition