Todays History

The Church of England envoy, Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.

President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D’Aquino (“Tokyo Rose”).

The Sierra Leone Civil War is officially ends.

Operation Desert Storm begins.

The final episode of Bonanza is shown on the NBC.

The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

The “Bodyline” cricket tactics are used by Douglas Jardine’s England peak but they hit Australian captain Bill Woodfull in the heart causing controversy.

71 people are killed in Australia in the Black Friday bush fires.

The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain

Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.