On this day

1977

- France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.

1978

- OPEC decides on a 14.5 percent petroleum price increase for 1979, to be implemented quarterly.

- Mauritania provisional constitution published.

- The Provisional IRA bombs Harrods department store in London, killing six people and injuring 90.

- American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski is arrested at a roadblock.

- Czechoslovak party leader Gustav Husak resigns.

1980

1983

1986

1987

1989

- The longestrunning American sitcom the Simpsons had its debut.

- Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad & Tobago.

- Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima.

- KLM’s last DC-10 goes out of service.

- The United Nations General Assembly passes resolution 54/134 designating November 25 as the annual International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

- Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.

- The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

1991

1993

1994

1999

2002

2003

2007

- Republic of Lakotah asserts independence from the United States.

- Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the world’s oldest verified man at 116 years old.

2012

2013

- Angela Merkel is elected Chancellor of Germany for a third term.

Source: www.historyorb.com