Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 39 events. Showing 31 - 39.
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- In Poland, LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
- Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
- Johnson South Reef Skirmish: Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in Johnson South Reef, disputed Spratly Islands.
- Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
- Space exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état.
- The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
- The first World Maths Day was celebrated
- A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
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