Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 49 events. Showing 31 - 49.
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- South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
- Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
- Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
- Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
- The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
- The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
- The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China is signed.
- The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.
- The IBM Personal Computer is released.
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- Mexico announces that it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.
- Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
- Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
- Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
- The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
- Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
- The bulk carrier MV New Flame collides with the oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged.
- The closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics are held at the Olympic Stadium in London.
- At least two massive explosions kill 145 people and injure nearly 800 in Tianjin, China.
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