10/7 Major Events 3

1959: The Soviet Union's Luna 3 probe takes the first photos of the far side of the Moon and transmits them to Earth. 1960: Nigeria joins the United Nations. 1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 1971: Oman joins the United Nations. 1971: Taiwan's television station CTS is founded. 1976: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China unanimously elects Premier Hua Guofeng as Chairman of the Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, succeeding the deceased Mao Zedong and becoming the supreme leader. 1978: Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong opens. 1978: China Youth Daily, which had been suspended during the Cultural Revolution, officially resumes publication. 1984: Construction begins on the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider. 1985: Members of the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the Achille Lauro passenger ship sailing from Alexandria, Egypt, to Port Said. 1990: The Beijing Asian Games conclude.