1997 Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.3 quake resulted in five people killed at Pueblo Nuevo, one person killed at Coquimbo, one person killed at La Chimba and another died of a heart attack at Punitaqui. More than 300 people injured, 5,000 houses destroyed, 5,700 houses severely damaged, another 10,000 slightly damaged

1997 The Cyprus-registered Evoikos and an empty Thai supertanker Orapin Global collide in the Singapore strait, causing the worst oil spill in the country's history

1962 Amnesty International formed in London

1987 Fiji becomes a republic, after belonging to Britain since 1874

1990 Mikhail Gorbachev awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1881 The birth of Sir P.G Wodehouse, Novelist, creator of 'Jeeves and Wooster'

1959 The birth of The Duchess of York

2005 Death of Jason Collier, American professional basketball player (b. 1977)

2005 The referendum on the new Proposed Iraqi constitution is held.

2005 Birth of Prince Christian of Denmark, son of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and his wife Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

2005 Riot in Toledo, Ohio during a Neo-Nazi rally surrounding racial issues; 114 arrested

2005 Qinghai-Tibet Railway completed.

2006 The UN agrees to sanction North Korea over nuclear testing issue.

2006 Chief Justice of Japan Akira Machida retires upon reaching the age of 70.

2006 Declaration of the etablishment of the Islamic State of Iraq

2007 Sir Menzies Campbell resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats.

2007 The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China takes place.

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