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1962 β The Derveni papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962 β Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
1966 β The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d’Γ©tat.
1967 β The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35β10.
1969 β The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1970 β Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
1970 β Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1973 β Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1975 β The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1976 β Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1981 β Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech WaΕΔsa.
1991 β The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1991 β Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
2001 β Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005 β ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2007 β Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
2009 β US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
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