Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
- Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
- Elvis Presley records his first single, “That’s All Right,” at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Algeria becomes independent from France.
- Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
- A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.
- Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
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- Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
- The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
- Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
- The Republic of Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
- Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms, including a tornado. The area is hit again with severe storms on August 1.
- U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
- North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
- A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People’s Republic of China.
- The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
- The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).