AT A GLANCE

1860 First aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston 1896 First public screening of a motion picture in New Zealand. 1924 Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud

1941 Nazis kill 11,000 Jewish children and old people.

1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1960 Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba

1969 First time seven people in space. 1978 US President Jimmy Carter answers callers' questions on National Public Radio 1980 Unprovoked slayings of six blacks in Buffalo, NY