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1979: Park Chung Hee assassinated.On this day in 1979, South Korean President Park Chung Hee was assassinated by his lifelong friend Kim Jae Kyu, the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, who was sentenced to death for his actions.More events on this day1958:America's first jet airliner, the Boeing 707, entered service for Pan American World Airways. |
1955:A constitutional law of perpetual neutrality in Austria was promulgated. |
1918:Prussian General Erich Ludendorff was forced to resign by Emperor William II on Prince Maximilian's advice, in an effort to establish an armistice agreement. |
1916:François Mitterrand, who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France and was the country's first socialist to hold the office, was born. |
1905:The St. Petersburg soviet (workers' council) was formed during the Russian Revolution of 1905. |
1813:British and U.S. troops clashed in the Battle of Châteauguay during the War of 1812. |
1795:The National Convention, the assembly that governed France during a pivotal period of the Revolution, was dispersed. |
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