Person report

★26 Jul 1936
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to the Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War, was unveiled near Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France.

★04 May 1942
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy engaged Allied naval forces at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first fleet action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other.

★24 Mar 1946
Formulated at the initiative of British prime minister Clement Attlee, the Cabinet Mission arrived in New Delhi to discuss the transfer of power from the colonial government to Indian leadership.

★20 Aug 1950
Korean War: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu.

★15 Jul 1966
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

★14 Apr 1967
After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post which he held until 2005.

★29 Dec 1975
A bomb set by unknown perpetrators at LaGuardia Airport in New York City exploded, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

★14 Jan 1978
Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.

★11 Jan 1986
The Gateway Bridge was opened in Brisbane, Australia, the largest prestressed concrete, single box bridge in the world.

★25 Aug 1989
The Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings.

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