Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
- Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Perón, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
- Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
- Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
- The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin
- Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
- The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
- Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
- A derecho strikes the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
