Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, “You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
- First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
- Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London’s Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
- The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
- Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
- Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
- In horseracing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
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- Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to “all worthy men”, ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
- The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
- Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
- Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
- The 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Accession.
- Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
- An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
- At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
- The Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army claims to have captured a major Syrian Army base known as Brigade 52 in Daraa Governorate.
