Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.
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- Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
- Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
- Michael Jackson’s second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.
- Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
- American National Football League awards 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
- MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
- Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
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- U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the “Northern Ireland peace process” to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall. He calls terrorists “yesterday’s men”.
- Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world’s largest company.
- In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
- British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
- In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway (aka The Green River Killer) is arrested.
- Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, finally loses, leaving him with US$ 2,520,700, television’s biggest game show winnings.
- Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
- John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
- An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.
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