Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 43 events. Showing 31 - 43.
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- Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
- The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
- The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
- Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı.
- The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
- In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
- NASA’s Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
- The London congestion charge is introduced.
- A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
- Kosovo declares independence as the Republic of Kosovo.
- Libyan protests begin. In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.
- 18 people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
