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2009 The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul

1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding

1994 Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die

1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea

1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea

1988 U.S.S.R. announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics

1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed

1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul

1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics

1976 Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1973 Greg Rusedski, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis star, 1995 Seoul

1971 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul

1969 Morena Corwin, Seoul, Korea, playmate, Sep, 1992

1968 Ritchie Woodhall, born in Woodside, Telford, England, boxer, athlete, television and radio broadcaster, bronze medal winer, 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1990 Gold Commonwealth Games

1967 Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th

1964 Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988

1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad

1955 Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul

1953 Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters

1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor

1952 Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics

1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul

1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul

1951 During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul

1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul

1950 U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul

1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict

1948 Kyung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, Korea, violinist, Chung Sisters

1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65

1944 Myung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, South Korea, cellist, Chung Sisters

1939 Jay Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, Representative-R-California 1993 - 1999

1932 Nam June Paik, born in Seoul, Korea, video artist, Medium is the Medium


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