Person report

★24 Jan 1977
During the Spanish transition to democracy, neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.

★29 Feb 1980
La Bougie du Sapeur, a humorous French newspaper that is published only on leap days, printed its first issue.

★21 Jan 1981
The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean.

★12 Aug 1981
The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced.

★23 Oct 1982
An attempt to arrest members of a cult in Miracle Valley, Arizona, led to a shootout in which two church members were killed and seven police officers were injured.

★13 Dec 1982
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake in North Yemen killed as many as 2,800 people and was the region's first instrumentally recorded event to be detected on global seismograph networks.

★19 Dec 1983
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from a display case in the Brazilian Football Confederation offices.

★19 Oct 1987
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6% on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in Dow Jones history.

★16 Sep 1990
Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou stations, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

★07 Jul 1991
The signing of the Brioni Agreement brought an end to the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia, although the Yugoslav Wars continued for years to come.

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