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The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed durin
Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hiperc
For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombe
The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are…
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a…
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on…
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on…
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations…
Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering…
An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace bringing an end
The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, l
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the
Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport
The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel