Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
- Canada’s three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
- The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
- Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
- Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
- Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
- The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
- Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
- The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
- Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu.
- A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
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- Gary Bettman becomes the NHL’s first commissioner
- Punk rock band Green Day releases their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
- The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
- Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory.
- Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
- Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
- 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
- Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
- King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
- The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country’s first female prime minister and the world’s first openly LGBT head of government.
- At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.
- The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.
