Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 42 events. Showing 31 - 42.
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- Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard.
- Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
- American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana, killing 68.
- Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
- Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
- EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board.
- Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
- Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff in Taipei killing 83 people.
- A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
- Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir’s 22 years in power.
- The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.
- Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashes in the Mojave Desert during a test flight,
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