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In an analysis of global infant mortality conducted by Save the Children, Japan is found to have the lowest newborn death rate, 1.8 per 1,000. Four countries tied for second place with 2 per 1,000 : the Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Among 33 industrialized nations, the United State ... |
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Nancy Reagan announces her support for human embryonic and stem cell research, because she is no longer able to communicate with former President Ronald Reagan. |
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A bus bombing outside a Sheraton Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan kills fourteen and injures 45. |
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Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college in South Carolina. |
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The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. |
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Militants of the American Indian Movement surrender to federal authorities after a 71-day standoff at the Pine Ridge Reservation in Wounded Knee, SD. |
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U.S. President Nixon announces his order to mine major Norh Vietnamese ports to limit the flow of weapons and other goods. |
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German forces agree to an unconditional surrender. The day is commonly called VE Day, for Victory in Europe. |
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The Japanese fleet and U.S. Fleet engage via carrier borne aircraft. The USS Lexington is lost, but the Japanese drive halted. |
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Adolf Galland arrives in El Ferrol, Spain and takes command of the Mickey Mouse Squadron. |
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Gandhi begins a 21 day fast to protest oppresive British actions in India. |
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Paramount Pictures is formed. |
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Tolstoy replies to Gandhi that the "question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance not only for India but for humanity." |
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Mount Pelée erupts in Martinique, destroying the town of St. Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. |
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Dr. John Styth Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, invents a carbonated beverage that would become "Coca-Cola." |
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Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the newly formed Confederate States of America. |
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Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the Mexican American War. |
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In response to Native American uprisings, US Congress passes The Militia Act. General Anthony Wayne is commissioned as Commander in Chief of the Army all white males aged 18-45 are to be enrolled for military service. |
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The HMS Pandora with the schooner Resolution in escort leave Matavai Bay in search of Fletcher Christian and his followers. |
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