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Results 1 - 14 of 14
1st - The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.
3rd - Asteroid labeled as 2004 XP14 flies 432,308 km (268,624 miles) by Earth.
4th - Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
4th - North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea.
5th - North Korea launched at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
5th - Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.
6th - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
9th - At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers on board veers off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions.
10th - Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.
11th - 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
12th - Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
27th - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
30th - World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
31st - Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated.
