Person report

★30 Jan 1945
World War II: Allied forces liberated over 500 prisoners of war from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

★23 Oct 1956
The Hungarian Revolution began as a peaceful student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building.

★28 Jan 1958
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, patented the design of Lego bricks.

★11 Oct 1968
Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

★04 Feb 1974
The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve.

★20 Oct 1982
During a UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, a large number of attendees tried to leave the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at the same time, resulting in a stampede that caused 66 deaths.

★19 Sep 1985
An 8.1 ML earthquake struck Mexico City, killing at least 9,000 people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.

★13 Nov 1985
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, and killed approximately 23,000 people.

★20 Mar 1987
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine became the first antiviral drug approved for use against HIV and AIDS.

★14 Feb 1989
A fatwa was issued for the execution of Salman Rushdie for authoring The Satanic Verses, a novel Islamic fundamentalists considered blasphemous.

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