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01
1964
Malta joins the United Nations.
02
1974
Malta introduces minimum wage
03
1989
USA and Soviet leaders meet for the Malta summit
04
1862
Joseph Howard, Malta's first PM, is born
05
1996
Spiteri Debono becomes the first female speaker of parliament
06
1614
The meeting of the OSCE is held in Malta
07
1958
Marie Louise Coleira Preca is born
08
1708
Il-Kunċizzjoni
09
1920
Labour Party Club opened at St Lucia Street, Valletta.
10
Gonzi's government collapses as budget vote does not pass
11
1981
Malta's closest election where PL won not by votes but seats
12
1887
The Knutsford Constitution formally came into effect
13
1974
Malta becomes a republic
14
1980
Ta' Qali national stadium is inaugurated
15
1929
The Malta Tramway service is permanently closed
16
1980
The Ä gantija temples were granted UNESCO World Heritage status
17
1949
Archbishop of Malta Dom Mauro Caruana dies.
18
1941
Breconshire reaches Malta, delivering vital fuel amid relentless wartime air attacks.
19
1676
Grand Master Cotoner founded the School of Anatomy and Surgery
20
1950
Nerik Mizzi dies, becoming the only PM to die in office
21
3000B.C.
Winter Soltice in Mnajdra temples
22
1984
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici becomes PM
23
1924
Death of Maltese Photographer Richard Ellis
24
1921
First Purċissjoni tal-Bambin takes place in Ħamrun
25
1860
Manuel Dimech is born
26
1948
First Malta National Lottery
27
2020
Malta starts rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine
28
1928
Karin Grech is murdered
29
1984
Caravaggio’s St Jerome stolen from St John’s Co-Cathedral
30
1957
Portes de Bombes flyover, Malta's first flyover, was inaugurated
31
1975
Valletta and Floriana were lit up by the use of gas.
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