Atatürk Airport attack
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
Read sourceA chronological view of notable events, discoveries, and turning points recorded on this date.
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
Read sourceThe United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
Read sourceHonduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
Read sourceIraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
Read sourceSlobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
Read sourceHolyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
Read sourceOn the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
Read sourceFor the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht.
Read sourceAeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people.
Read sourceA powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
Read sourceThe United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, bars quota systems in college admissions.
Read sourceThe Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
Read sourceElections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
Read sourceStonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
Read sourceMalcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Read sourceIn Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
Read sourceKorean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
Read sourceKorean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
Read sourceKorean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers in the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
Read sourceBoxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
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