February 14: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. December 20: Handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese rule in the settlement. Fabric blends: Ash - 99% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester; Heather colors - 52% cotton, 48% polyester; Athletic Heather and Black Heather - 90% cotton, 10% polyester. Related subsequent announcement of the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

November 27: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.

May 6: The British Army launches Operation Palliser which effectively ends the Sierra Leone Civil War. April 23: The Soviet Sever-2 expedition become the first party to indisputably set foot on the North Pole.

Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. May 4 – 15: Riots in Indonesia, including incidents of mass violence, demonstrations, and civil unrest of a racial nature, result in the Fall of Suharto and the independence of East Timor. February 25: Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the West Bank, a shooting massacre carried out by American-Israeli Baruch Goldstein, which resulted in 30 deaths and 125 injuries.August 25: Michael Schumacher, regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history, makes his Formula One debut at the Belgian Grand Prix. December 30: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the world's first officially Communist state, is formed.

July 1: Colombo Plan, a regional organisation of 27 countries designed to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific region, commences. September 1: Muammar Gaddafi overthrows King Idris of Libya in a Coup d'état and establishes the Libyan Arab Republic. October 12: Inejiro Asanuma, a Japanese socialist politician, is assassinated during a broadcast on TV. September 17: Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. December 11: After a reign shorter than one year, Edward VIII abdicates and hands the throne to his brother, George VI.

December 17: Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria.

July 14: A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.January – August: The Albanian Civil War (Lottery Uprising), sparked by pyramid scheme failures, in which the government was toppled, with new parliamentary elections, and more than 2,000 people killed. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship. June 25: The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. October 19: Suicide of members of Baader-Meinhoff Group and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer ends crisis in West Germany. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994.