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Thursday, 14 May 2026

2005

The former {{USS|America|CV-66|6}}, a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.

2004

The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.

1988

Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.

1986

The {{Ship||Pride of Baltimore}} is lost at sea.

1973

''Skylab'', the United States' first space station, is launched.

1970

The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.thumb, carrying the Skylab space station.]]

1963

Kuwait joins the United Nations.

1961

American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.

1955

Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

1948

Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

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