Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- The European Economic Community is established.
- Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces during the Cuban Revolution.
- Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
- Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
- United States Navy SEALs established.
- The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
- The People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
- After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
- Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
- Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
- Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
- Charter 77 published its first document.
- Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
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- The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
- Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
- Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
- Greece is admitted into the European Community.
- Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
- Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- ITV franchise ATV gets replaced by Central
- The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
- The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
- Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
- The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
- Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
- Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
- A value-added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time.
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
