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2013
Collapse_of_the_Space_Building
Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.
1992
Seismic_magnitude_scales
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9 struck south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people.
1984
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.
1979
Typhoon_Tip
Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.
1978
James_Scott_(boxer)
While in prison for murder, boxer James Scott defeated Eddie "The Flame" Gregory, a leading light heavyweight.
1960
Nikita_Khrushchev
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong.
1960
Japan_Socialist_Party
Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma (pictured) was assassinated during a live television recording by a far-right ultra-nationalist using a short sword.
1946
Il_Canto_degli_Italiani
Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.
1933
United_States_Department_of_Justice
The United States Department of Justice acquired a military prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, to be transformed into the last-resort Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
1928
Iron_lung
The iron lung (example pictured), a type of medical ventilator, was used for the first time at the Boston Children's Hospital to treat an eight-year-old girl paralyzed by polio.

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