| Year | Item | Detail |
|---|
| 1995 |
Air Crash - 117 killed but 17 survive |
An American Airlines jet crashes into a mountain in Colombia killing 117, but 17 people are rescued alive. |
| 1988 |
Pan Am flight 103 |
A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, killing all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground. |
| 1979 |
British Empire - Rhodesia |
Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr S C Mundawarara |
| 1968 |
NASA - Apollo 8 |
Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders, is launched by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
| 1958 |
de Gaulle wins french presidential elections |
General Charles de Gaulle wins the presidential elections in France with a massive majority |
| 1937 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles |
| 1901 |
Women vote in local elections |
Women get the vote for the first time in Norway, but only in local elections |
| 1804 |
Benjamin Disraeli born |
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is born |
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