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Sunday, 18 October 2026

2007

Karachi bombings: attempted assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

2003

Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

1991

Azerbaijan declares independence from USSR.

1989

East German leader Erich Honecker resigns.

1977

German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

1968

The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.

Bob Beamon sets a world record of 8.90 m in the long jump at the Mexico City games.

1967

The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.

1964

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.

1954

Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.

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