Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 39 events. Showing 31 - 39.
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- The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
- Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
- The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.
- SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
- President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
- The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.
- A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
- Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
