8 Ocak — Tarihte Bugün

2011

Jared Lee Loughner

Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.

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2010

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.

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1991

Richardson, Texas

Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".

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1981

Trans-en-Provence

In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

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1977

1977 Moscow bombings

Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.

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1972

Pakistani Instrument of Surrender

Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.

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1956

Evangelicalism

Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.

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1939

New Deal for Aborigines

The New Deal for Aborigines was formally announced by the Australian government, providing for full civil rights for Indigenous Australians in exchange for cultural assimilation.

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1936

Reza Shah

Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.

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1918

Woodrow Wilson

U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.

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