Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 61 events. Showing 31 - 60.
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- Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
- At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon, killing 101 people and injuring 689.
- The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
- In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
- In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
- World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
- World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
- The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
- British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
- Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
- Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
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- Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
- The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
- Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
- An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
- A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
- The European Community adopts the European flag.
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
- Lauda Air Flight 004, a Boeing 767, crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed.
- The blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months.
- The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
- The first “National Sorry Day” was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
- The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
- United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
- Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
