Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 81 events. Showing 61 - 81.
- The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.
- Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
- Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
- The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis. The final score was 120–115 and triggered changes in this sport basis in USA, resulting in the “Dream Team”.
- Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands (Baltic Way).
- One thousand six hundred forty-five Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
- Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western “guests” (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
- Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- West Germany and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
- Tim Berners-Lee opens the WWW, World Wide Web to new users.
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- The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
- Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
- Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
- Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
- Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
- The skeletal remains of Russia’s last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- Manila hostage crisis, in which eight hostages were killed.
- A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million–$300 million USD.
- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
- A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
- A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, kills 31 people.
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