Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 43 events. Showing 31 - 43.
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- Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
- Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
- Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
- The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
- The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
- The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
- War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
- Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
- Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
- A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.
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