Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 45 events. Showing 31 - 45.
- Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
- The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
- Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
- The United States Olympic Hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
- An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
- A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
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- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
- United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
- The U.S. state of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany’s legal action to attempt to save him.
- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
- Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
- Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
- Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
- A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California, following a collision with a truck, leaves more than 30 injured.
