Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.
- The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
- Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
- Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
- Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
- Dennis Rader a.k.a. the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
- The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
- Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
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- The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
- Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
- The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as “The Beast”, is arrested in Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive.
- Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
- Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
- US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive.
- A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
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