Person report

★12 Jul 1918
An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the loss of over 600 officers and crewmen.

★23 Jun 1926
The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.

★23 Mar 1931
Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by British authorities.

★27 Jul 1942
Second World War: Allied forces halted the Axis invasion of Egypt.

★19 Feb 1948
The Southeast Asian Youth Conference, which is believed to have inspired armed communist rebellions in different Asian countries, opened in Calcutta, India.

★06 Feb 1952
Elizabeth II ascended to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and three other Commonwealth countries upon the death of her father, George VI.

★14 Sep 1960
At a conference held in Baghdad, the governments of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela founded OPEC to help unify and coordinate their petroleum policies.

★21 Aug 1963
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

★08 Dec 1963
After being struck by lightning while in a holding pattern, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, U.S., killing all 81 people on board.

★01 Aug 1966
Charles Whitman climbed the University of Texas at Austin tower and went on a shooting spree at the school, killing 10 people before being shot and killed by police.

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