Year : 1780
Events : American Academy of Arts & Science founded.
Year : 1878
Events : Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House.
Year : 1924
Events : 8th modern Olympic games opens in Paris.
Year : 1967
Events : Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7.
Year : 1979
Events : Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister of England.
Year : 1979
Events : NASA launches Fltsatcom-2.
Year : 1989
Events : US launches Megellan to Venus.
Year : 1989
Events : US space shuttle STS-30 launched.
Year : 1990
Events : SC directs Centre to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Year : 1993
Events : Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
Year : 1994
Events : ASLV-4D is launched from Sriharikota.
Year : 1996
Events : India elected to the International Narcotic Board along with Japan, Pakistan, Colombia, Phillippines, France, Iran and the U.S.
Year : 1990
Events : Latvia declares independance from the Soviet Union.
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