Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 44 events. Showing 31 - 44.
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- The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
- Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister’s wife locks the door.
- Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'a Muslims in 1982.
- China’s first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
- Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
- U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
- India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
