Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 45 events. Showing 31 - 45.
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- Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
- Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
- India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
- Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
- The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
- A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
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- Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
- Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
- Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France.
- STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for OV 105.
- Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
- A passenger train collides with a tractor and trailer on a level crossing at Ibbenbüren, Germany. Two people are killed and 40 are injured.
