The first Winter Olympics opens inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes the Norwegian research rocket, the Black Brant XII, for a USA missile. live draw cambodia live…

The Clementine space probe is launched.

Billy Bailey was the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.

A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills 250.