Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 46 events. Showing 31 - 46.
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- The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS
- The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
- Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist.
- Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
- Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
- Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
- The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
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- Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
- A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
- The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
- Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
- An earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
- Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu’s economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
- Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes.
- A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia.
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