On this day:
1847 The country of Liberia is founded
1963 Syncom 2, the world’s first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched
1965 Independence of the Maldives from Britain
1999 Fighting ceases between India and Pakistan in the Kargil War, Kashmir, after two months of fighting
Born on this day:
1875 Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist
1856 George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
