Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 53 events. Showing 31 - 53.
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- The People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight United Nations forces.
- Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
- First ascent of Cho Oyu.
- The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
- Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba, which remains in effect today.
- The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
- President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
- Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
- Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
- Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, was murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency.
- Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev Tu-134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
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- The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
- The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
- The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
- SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
- Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
- Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
- Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
- Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
- Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
- At least 105 people were injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.
- Oort cloud Comet Siding Spring makes a close fly-by the planet Mars passing within 140,000 kilometers.
