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Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
- The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
- In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
- A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
- An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
- NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
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