Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 61 events. Showing 31 - 60.
- The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
- First edition of The Highway Code published in Great Britain.
- “Black Sunday Storm”, the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
- The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
- World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
- World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
- Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
- Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
- Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
- In Chicago, videotape is first demonstrated.
- The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. The female dog likely lived only a few hours.
- Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
- At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
- Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
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- In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
- The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kg) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
- The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
- In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
- The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
- NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
- A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country’s military.
- The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
- U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
- The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
- At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
- Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.
- Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
