Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
- The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
- The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra.
- Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers.
- Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
- Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
- The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
- The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.
- Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
- Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
- A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
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