| 2005 | Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
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| 2004 | The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians. |
| 2003 | In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. |
| 1992 | STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage. |
| 1991 | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. |
| 1988 | A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. |
| 1986 | The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain. |
| 1983 | Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government. |
| 1975 | India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favour of merging with India. |
| 1975 | Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. |