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Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian…
Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian…
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of…
President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
The hull of the Mary Rose is recovered, over four hundred years after her sinking during the battle of the Solent.
The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan
The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicat
Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office fail
Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while t
Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while t
Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseud