First to 10k posts

1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.

1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule due to the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.

1975 - Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.

1975 - The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.

# 1976 - Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir

1978 - An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people.

I kissed a girl: Katy Perry. gawd

1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.

1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

1991 - The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.