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- 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China.[29] The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
- 1951 – Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.[30]
- 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.[31]
- 1960 – The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.[32]
- 1967 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch “Operation Deckhouse Five” in the Mekong River delta.[33]
- 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.[34]
- 1989 – Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.[35]
- 1992 – President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.[36]
- 1993 – Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.[37]
- 1994 – American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that they were both taking part in.[38]
- 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.[39]
- 2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.[40]
- 2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.[41]
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