The USA invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop are executed in a coup d’état.

A R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the USSR’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility. 100 people are killed.

The Swatch Internet Time, which is a measure of 1000 “beats” per day was launched by the Swatch Group.

Venera 9, the USSR unmanned space mission lands on Venus.

Florence Nightingale and 38 other nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

The US President, Richard Nixon, fires the US Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuses to fire Watergate special…

The League of Nations takes economic action against fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos are suspended by the USA Olympic Committee for giving the “Black Power” salute at the victory ceremony at the Mexico…

Beer vats burst and cause a local flood in London, destroying several houses and killing eight people.

The Rodney Riots take place in Jamaica following the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.