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• 2011 Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.
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• 1999 Two trains collided head-on in Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
Ladbroke Grove rail crashLadbroke GroveRail transport in Great Britain
• 1994 Swiss police found the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
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• 1988 During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
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• 1986 Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
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• 1975 Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.
Dirty WarMontonerosOperation PrimiciaAerolíneas ArgentinasFormosa International Airport
• 1973 Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
European Patent Convention
• 1970 The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada.
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• 1963 The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).
Commercial Import ProgramSouth VietnamBuddhist crisisNgo Dinh Diem
• 1962 "Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
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• 1962 Dr. No, the first James Bond film, was released.
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• 1936 Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
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• 1903 Samuel Griffith (pictured) became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
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• 1869 During construction of the Eastman tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.
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• 1789 French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched (pictured) on the Palace of Versailles.
French RevolutionWomen's March on VersaillesPalace of Versailles
• 1143 The Treaty of Zamora (pictured) established Portugal as a kingdom independent of the Kingdom of León.
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• 869 The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople.
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• 610 Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded his predecessor, Phocas.
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