Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 62 events. Showing 31 - 60.
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- The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
- The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
- The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
- Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
- World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
- General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
- Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
- Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
- The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 95 relating to Arab-Israeli conflict is adopted.
- The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
- Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
- The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
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- The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
- The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
- A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
- Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
- Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.
- In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
- The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1435.587 mph.
- The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21000 km.
- Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
- Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
- A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
- The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
- Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
- A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
- Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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