France's President Paul Doumer is murdered by a Russian anarchist. 1937 German dirigible Hindenburg explodes and burns on landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36. 1941 Josef Stalin becomes Soviet premier, succeeding V.M. Molotov. The sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret marries commoner Anthony Armstrong-Jones in London's Westminster Abbey. The worst street fighting in Paris since the end of World War II shakes the Left Bank as students and police fight for control of fashionable Boulevard St Germain.
Fighting breaks out between South Yemen and Oman.
1974 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns after an aide is arrested on charges of spying for East Germany. An earthquake strikes the northern Italian town Udine, killing 973 people and leaving over 100,000 homeless. UN Security Council condemns South Africa for invading Angola and demands withdrawal. The United States expels all Libyan diplomats, citing Libyan government support for international terrorism. In Germany, diaries supposedly written by dictator Adolf Hitler and published by Stern Magazine and the Sunday Times are declared fakes.