Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 51 events. Showing 31 - 51.
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- The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
- Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show, an American sitcom, premiered on CBS
- Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
- A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
- Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
- The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
- Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York’s Central Park.
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- Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
- Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
- A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
- Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
- The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber’s manifesto.
- Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
- The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
- The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
- Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball’s all time saves leader with 602.
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