Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.

The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.

Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York…

The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is decl

The Royal Opera House in London opens.

The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.

A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.

The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.