This Day In History
878
Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
1904
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
1927
Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1982
Falklands War: British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton lead to the Battle of San Carlos.
1990
Democratic Republic of Yemen and North Yemen agree to merge into the Republic of Yemen.
1991
Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
1991
Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
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