The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize’]

The Genocide Convention is adopted.

A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Greek_republic_referendum’]

The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House’]

The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust’]

Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gazipur’]

The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King’]

A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Hotel_Shamo_bombing’]

Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal#Bankruptcy’]

World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_AIDS_Day’]