Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 44 events. Showing 31 - 44.
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- Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
- Seychelles joins the United Nations.
- A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.
- Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
- Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
- Brunei joins the United Nations.
- Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
- Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
- Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
- America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
- Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
- Hurricane Rita becomes the third most intense hurricane (dropped to 4th on October 19, 2005).
- al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
