| 1944 | In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. |
| 1970 | Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders. |
| 1972 | Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. |
| 1972 | Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) kills 81 people. |
| 1977 | After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain. |
| 1978 | King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. |
| 1985 | Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. |
| 1991 | In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people. |
| 1992 | The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v.
Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United Sta
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