28-June-2004 : Canadian federal election, 2004: The Liberal Party, led by Paul Martin, is reduced to a minority government, after holding a majority since November 1993.
19-March-2003 : The first American bombs drop on Baghdad after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons do not comply with U.S. President George W. Bush's 4848hour mandate demanding their exit from Iraq.
19-January-1979 : Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell is released on parole after 19 months at a federal prison in Alabama.
27-October-1978 : Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
28-September-1978 : Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days of papacy.