1841 events
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that…
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that…
Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California
In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wine
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
Japan completed its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of…
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam
Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam
American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of U
The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial water
Based on the results of a referendum held about one month earlier, the Kingdom of Sikkim (flag pictured) abolished its m
Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, one of the first laws in the United States
The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer…
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.