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04-08-2007, 10:24 AM
IN VIETNAM:
1996
Viet Nam and Ireland formally establish ambassadorial level diplomatic relations.
IN THE WORD
1664
The Peace Treaty of Westminster ends the first Anglo-Dutch War.
1710
Hetman Pylyp Orlyk, is elected the supreme governor of Ukraine. He is known as the author of the first Constitution of Ukraine, one of the earliest constitutions in the world, which embodied the basic principles of separation of powers as well as guarantee of political and economic rights for people.
1815
A volcanic eruption in south central Indonesia kills 10,000 people.
1827
Birth of Joseph Lister (died 1912), British surgeon and scientist. As a pioneer of antiseptics, he revolutionised modern surgery.
1896
First modern Olympic Games start in Athens.
1939
All German children between ages of 10 and 13 are ordered to serve in the Hitler Youth Organisation.
1998
The world’s longest suspension bridge, the 3,911m Akashi Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku to Honshu in Japan, opens to the public.
1999
Libya hands over to the UN two former government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988. The UN lifted sanctions against Libya the next day.
2002
A Chinese research team and the Swiss company Syngenta discover two separate versions of the first full genetic map of the rice plant. This was a breakthrough for agricultural science, and could lead to the development of improved strains of staple cereal crops. — AP/REUTERS/VNS
1996
Viet Nam and Ireland formally establish ambassadorial level diplomatic relations.
IN THE WORD
1664
The Peace Treaty of Westminster ends the first Anglo-Dutch War.
1710
Hetman Pylyp Orlyk, is elected the supreme governor of Ukraine. He is known as the author of the first Constitution of Ukraine, one of the earliest constitutions in the world, which embodied the basic principles of separation of powers as well as guarantee of political and economic rights for people.
1815
A volcanic eruption in south central Indonesia kills 10,000 people.
1827
Birth of Joseph Lister (died 1912), British surgeon and scientist. As a pioneer of antiseptics, he revolutionised modern surgery.
1896
First modern Olympic Games start in Athens.
1939
All German children between ages of 10 and 13 are ordered to serve in the Hitler Youth Organisation.
1998
The world’s longest suspension bridge, the 3,911m Akashi Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku to Honshu in Japan, opens to the public.
1999
Libya hands over to the UN two former government agents to stand trial for the bombing of a Pan Am aircraft over Lockerbie in 1988. The UN lifted sanctions against Libya the next day.
2002
A Chinese research team and the Swiss company Syngenta discover two separate versions of the first full genetic map of the rice plant. This was a breakthrough for agricultural science, and could lead to the development of improved strains of staple cereal crops. — AP/REUTERS/VNS