2516 events
The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka
Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarm
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarm
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government
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
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