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What really happened
1960·The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries was founded at a conference in Baghdad by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
Instead
The Baghdad conference fails to establish OPEC as a permanent international cartel.
1788 · Congress of the Confederation declared New York City the temporary national capital and authorized the first national election.
1988 · Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica, killing hundreds of people and causing widespread destruction.
2003 · Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed in a Stockholm department store and died the next day.
2017 · An 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico, killing at least 90 people and causing widespread destruction.
1862 · The Millennium of Russia monument was installed at the Detinets in Novgorod Kremlin to commemorate the millennium of Rurik's arrival in Novgorod.
1992 · South African security forces fired into African National Congress demonstrators near Ciskei, killing 24 and wounding 150.
1906 · Mahatma Gandhi introduced Satyagraha, a philosophy of nonviolent resistance, in South Africa.
2006 · Katie Couric made her debut as the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast on CBS Evening News.
1781 · Forty-four settlers recruited by Alta California Governor Felipe de Neve founded El Pueblo de la Reyna de Los Angeles on the site of present-day Los Angeles.
1928 · Alexander Fleming noticed mold had killed bacteria in his staphylococcus culture plate.
2013 · Long distance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim the Strait of Florida from Cuba without a shark cage.
1807 · Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason.
2004 · Edvard Munch's paintings "Scream" and "Madonna" were recovered by Norwegian police after being stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
1999 · East Timorese voters approved independence in a referendum held on August 30.
1842 · The Treaty of Nanking is signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding Hong Kong to Britain.
1994 · Tokyo held the country's first gay pride parade.