Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 41 events. Showing 31 - 41.
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- Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his cabin in Montana, United States.
- A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
- The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
- Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
- Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
- ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
- Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS’s YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody.
- Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at an American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
- Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
- More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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