On This Day in History

After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu (pictured) gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses.

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel.

The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict, five days of unrest began in nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.

Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.

In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (wreckage pictured) crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.