On This Day in History

Following restoration at the British Museum, the Emesa Helmet was placed on display there (pictured) before its return to Syria.

The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.

109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago.

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.

The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.

Mswati III (pictured) was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.

Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.

Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water.

A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination.

Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.

Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.