Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Swaziland joins the United Nations.
- Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
- Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
- Dougal Haston and Doug Scott on the Southwest Face expedition become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces.
- CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- The Wimpy Operation, first act of resistance against Israeli troops in Beirut
- Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
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- The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
- Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
- Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
- Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.
- A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people.
- The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully inserted into orbit of Mars.
- At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
