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★21 Oct 1950
Korean War: The Battle of Yongju began as British and Australian troops of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade engaged in heavy fighting with North Korean forces.

★01 Nov 1956
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.

★30 Jun 1963
A car bomb intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco killed seven police and military officers near Palermo.

★08 Apr 1968
BOAC Flight 712 had an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was later awarded a posthumous George Cross for heroism.

★22 Feb 1980
At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

★20 Jul 1982
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing 11 people, 7 horses, and wounding over 50 other people.

★27 Apr 1985
The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.

★05 Jul 1989
United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.

★25 Dec 1989
Romanian Revolution: Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were condemned to death under a wide range of charges and executed.

★21 Jul 1990
Taiwanese military police ordered the deportation of 76 illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat holds, causing 25 deaths due to suffocation.

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