1927 - Telephone service began between London and New York. 1979 - Vietnamese forces aided by Cambodian insurgents captured Phnom Penh after a two-week invasion and overthrew the Khmer Rouge government of Pol pot. 1989 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan died after a 63-year reign. 1991 - Haiti's army stormed the presidential palace, halting a coup attempt by Roger Lafontant, former head of the feared Tontons Macoutes security forces. 1999 - The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, the first of a sitting president in more than 130 years.