Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Knox Mine disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
- The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
- The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
- Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
- A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
- The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
- The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
- The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
- The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
- A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
- The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
- Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
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- Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
- Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
- Gulf War: Three Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
- Rebel forces occupy Zaire’s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government’s resignation.
- Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
- Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
- Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.
- Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 81 points in an NBA game versus the Toronto Raptors, the second highest total in NBA history.
- At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
- Conan O'Brien performs his last Tonight Show on NBC as a part of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.
- An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.
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