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Sunday, 16 May 2021

2005

Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

2004

The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians.

2003

In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.

1992

STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.

1991

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

1988

A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

1986

The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.

1983

Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.

1975

Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favour of merging with India.

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