1983 - Six men died and 62 people were injured when Armenian terrorists blasted a Turkish airlines desk at Paris’ Orly airport. Public Security Secretary of State Joseph Franceschi said 22 of the injured, most of whom were Turkish, were in serious condition. The bomb went off in a piece of cabin baggage at the desk in the airport’s southern terminal as passengers queued for a flight to Istanbul. Eyewitnesses said the terminal was jammed with passengers who fled screaming to the exits as windows shattered and thick black smoke billowed through the building. Many were badly burned by the fire caused by the blast.
Other important events
1888 - Mount Bandai volcano in Japan erupts, destroying villages and killing 461 people.
1916 - Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) is formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington.
1939 - American aviator Clara Adams becomes the first woman to complete a round-the-world flight.
1948 - UN Security Council orders truce in Palestine.
1954 - The first Boeing 707 jetliner takes off from Seattle, Washington.
1958 - South Africa resumes full membership in United Nations.
1997 - Fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead.
2006 - Twitter, the online micro-blogging service, is launched.
2010 - India joins a select band of elite currencies with the Indian rupee getting its unique symbol.
2012 - The Habshan-Fujairah crude oil pipe made its inaugural 500,000 barrels of crude exported to Pakistan.
2016 - 265 people are killed in a failed military coup against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
