The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends after 126 days
The hero status of the Peruvian troops involved in the successful raid was later called into question when evidence of summary executions of captured insurgents emerged.
Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft
The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, which was named after the mythological inventor of aviation.
Coca-Cola releases New Coke
The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon afterward.
The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced
French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the HIV virus.
- 1936 Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter - 1928 Shirley Temple
American actress, singer, dancer - 1891 Sergei Prokofiev
Russian pianist, composer, conductor - 1858 Max Planck
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate - 1791 James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States
- 2007 Boris Yeltsin
Russian politician, 1st President of Russia - 1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece - 1993 Cesar Chavez
American activist - 1992 Satyajit Ray
Indian director, producer, screenwriter - 1616 William Shakespeare
English playwright, actor
