Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 43 events. Showing 31 - 43.
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- U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
- Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
- Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito
- The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public for safety reasons.
- Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
- The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
- Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
- The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
- Muslim gunmen in Egypt open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians, killing eight of them and one Muslim bystander.
- A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.
- Two gunmen commit a mass shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing twelve people and injuring another eleven.
- A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.
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