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1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.[18]
1955 – Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera’s death is discovered.[19]
1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.[20]
1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.[21]
1967 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.[22]
1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.[23]
1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.[24]
1975 – At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.[25]
1975 – The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.[26]
1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.[27]
1978 – On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.[28]
1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the “Yorkshire Ripper”, is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[29]
1991 – Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.[30]
1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.[31]
2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.[32]
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