Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 45 events. Showing 31 - 45.
- Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death toll exceeds 2,000.
- The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
- Pauline Reade, who was 16 years old, disappears on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
- The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
- A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
- The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
- A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
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- São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom.
- Lotte World Adventure opened in Seoul, South Korea.
- Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
- U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
- The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.
- A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
- 6 people are killed and 200 injured in a passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
