Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.

2007

Milestone

Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

2005

Politics

President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

2004

Milestone

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

1997

Milestone

Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria

A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.

1997

Milestone

The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere

Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.

1981

Milestone

Senegalese opposition parties

under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.

1977

Milestone

Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80

one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.

1975

Milestone

A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir

Morocco, killing 188.