Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.
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- Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
- James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
- An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
- A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
- Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea.
- Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
- Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon.
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- Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
- Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
- Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
- Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
- Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
- NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
- NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
