A look back through the Famagusta Gazette archives, focusing on events from this day in history in the Mediterranean region.
1961: Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, told Parliament that taking all the consequences into consideration, the Government would maintain its opposition to Sikh demands for a Punjabi speaking State. He was winding up a [Read More]
1961: EAST German guards today machine-gunned one refugee and arrested a second as they tried to swim the Teltow Canal into West Berlin. West Berlin police said the refugees were seen running towards the Canal, [Read More]
1959: A RESOLUTION calling for tariff legislation to protect Cyprus products from foreign competition was approved by several thousand-people in Limassol last night. The crowd was attending a Free Trade Unions rally called to back [Read More]
Saudi Energy Ministry announced on Sunday an additional voluntary cut in its production of crude oil. The reduction amounts to one million barrels per day, starting in July for a month that can be extended, [Read More]
1977: The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected. Daily peak [Read More]
1967: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other [Read More]
1974: Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport, killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship. The aircraft spent the night prior to the accident outside in [Read More]
1971: Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president. During his years in power, Amin shifted from being a pro-Western ruler enjoying considerable support from Israel to being backed by Libya’s [Read More]
1960: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the “barricades week”, during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police. After major demonstrations in Algiers and several other [Read More]
2018: A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, killed at least 33 people and wounds “dozens” of others. The victims included both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
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