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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- King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
- Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
- The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a ‘United Front’in the state of Tripura.
- 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
- South Ockendon Windmill, a smock mill at South Ockendon, Essex, England collapsed.
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- Channel 4 is launched in the United Kingdom.
- U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- The first resident crew to the ISS docked with their Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft.
- 50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.
- A suicide attack killed 60 at Wagah.
