On this day — February 12

the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters.

New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all 49 on board and one on the ground.

the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.

Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.

becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

who later torture and murder him.

missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.

The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.