On this day:
1934 USSR joins the League of Nations
1973 West Germany adopts the Deutsche Mark, completing the economic reunification part of the East and West Germany union
1998 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is founded
Born on this day:
1709 Samuel Johnson, English author, lexicographer
Gone on this day:
1783 Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, physicist
