Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 42 events. Showing 31 - 42.
Birthday Challenge alert! 🎉 Can you crack the code and guess my birthday in just 6 tries? It’s like a fun twist on the classic Wordle game, but with birthdays instead of words! 🎂 Challenge yourself to think outside the box and test your guessing skills with this unique and exciting game. Let’s see if you can guess my birthday with just a few hints! 🎈 PLAY NOW
- A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
- Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident: North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.
- An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
- A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
- A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
- Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
- Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
- A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
- Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
- The Second Congo War begins.
- Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
- At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an explosion at a factory near Shanghai.
Can you guess my birthday in just 6 tries? 🥳🎉 Give it a shot and see if you can crack the code! 🎂🎈 Play the Birthday Challenge here.
