Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 50 events. Showing 31 - 50.
- The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
- 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
- Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
- The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
- Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
- The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
- The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece’s metapolitefsi era.
- The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
- Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
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- Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
- In London, England, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
- General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
- A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
- Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
- Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
- Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
- ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
- Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
- NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
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