![]() ![]() Sixty bodies are recovered, 85 people are missing.ġ995: A Singapore court sentences former trader Nick Leeson to 6 1/2 years in prison in the crash of Britain's oldest merchant bank.Ģ000: A German court rules that prostitution cannot be considered illegal if it is done willingly without criminal ties.Ģ001: Enron Corp, the largest United States energy-trading company, files for bankruptcy protection, dealing a blow to financial markets worldwide. The two heads of the two major denominations break aĤ00-year-old tradition set in the 1500s by Britain's King Henry VIII and Pope Leo X.ġ961: Britain refuses Uganda's request for independence Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist who will lead Cuba to Communism.ġ969: The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut as 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, fly from Seattle to New York City.ġ971: Britain terminates all treaties with crucial states in Gulf, leading to formation of United Arab Emirates.ġ988: Arab diplomats introduce resolution in United Nations to move General Assembly to Geneva so PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat can address the world body.ġ994: Ferry carrying more than 600 people collides with a freighter and sinks in Manila Bay, Philippines. Street fighting breaks out in Paris.ġ852: Second French Empire is proclaimed with Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor Napoleon III.ġ856: France and Spain reach agreement on their frontiers.ġ942: Nuclear chain reaction is demonstrated for the first time by scientists working on the Manhattan Project underneath the University of Chicago's football stadium.ġ950: United Nations agrees to hand over Eritrea to Ethiopia.ġ954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy is censured by the Senate for browbeating Army personnel with his Communist witch hunts.ġ960: The Archbishop of Canterbury visits Pope John XXIII. Barney Clark, a retired dentist, lives 112 days with the device.ġ804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor of France in Paris, taking the crown from attending Pope Pius VII.ġ816: The first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opens for business.ġ823: US President James Monroe declares the Monroe Doctrine which opposes European expansion.ġ848: Austria's Emperor Ferdinand I abdicates in favour of Franz Joseph I.ġ851: Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, president of France, suspends the constitution during a coup. There are 29 days left in the year.ġ982: In the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implant a permanent artificial heart. Tennis star Monica Seles is40 years old today. ![]()
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