The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended.
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended.
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1991
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it…
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen…
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
1904
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1885
A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
1504
Birth of Pope Pius V
Born: Pope Pius V (died 1572).
1369
Death of Peter I of Cyprus
Died: Peter I of Cyprus (born 1328).
38 BCE
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the…
Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
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