Events
of the day
National
Day (Minorca)
The opening ceremony of Patras Carnival,
celebrated until Clean Monday. (Patras)
1899
– The United States takes possession of
Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1915 - Russia occupies Bukovina &
Western Ukraine
1917 – The United States pays Denmark
$25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1946 – The UN Security Council holds its
first session.
1973 - New Philippine constitution names
Marcos president for life
1979 - USSR performs underground nuclear
test
1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake: A
magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe,
Japan, causing extensive property damage
and killing 6,434 people.
1996 – The Czech Republic applies for
membership of the European Union.
2002 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing
an estimated 400,000 people.
2007 – The Doomsday Clock is set to five
minutes to midnight in response to North
Korea nuclear testing.
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