Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 80 events. Showing 61 - 80.
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- Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
- The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.
- Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
- Epcot opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization Headquarters in Tunis.
- The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
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- Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
- Cartoon Network begins broadcasting.
- Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack in which Jaish-e-Mohammed militants used a Tata Sumo vehicle loaded with explosives to attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38.
- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in the village of Gorni Lom in Northwestern Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
- Umpqua Community College shooting: a gunman kills 9 people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.
- Heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, killing 280 people.
