Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 31 - 40.
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- Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
- Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a human dummy nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich, and demonstrating that Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
- Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26.
- Forty-two people die in the 1976 Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
- The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
- Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines files for bankruptcy.
- Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
- Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
- Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
- Two helicopters collided near Villa Castelli, Argentina killing 10 people.
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