| Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. |
| Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. |
| Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
| Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25, people mostly civilian. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. |
| U.S.
invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. |
| The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of km ( mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at m long and with a
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