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
1967 Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th
1955 Rev 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
1932 Nam June Paik, born in Seoul, Korea, video artist, Medium is the Medium
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