1918: The Regional Committee of the Ukrainian National Council in Chernivtsi takes over political power in the Ukrainian part of Bukovyna.
1924: Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom) of the USSR adopts the Decree “On Measures to Regulate Drug Trafficking.”
1927: An art gallery is launched in Sevastopol.
1939: The NKVD HQ in Moscow adopts a decree forming NKVD stations in Western Ukraine.
1943: Troops of the First Ukrainian Front enter Kyiv, clearing it of Wehrmacht forces.
1957: Park of Lasting Glory opens in Kyiv, with the Obelisk in Memory of the Unknown Soldier [with undying flame at the foot].
1960: Kyiv Metro network starts functioning.
2001: The first sitting of the Kuchma-Gore Commission takes place in Washington, DC.
2001: The President of Ukraine pays a one-day official visit to Poland to address a conference to combat international terrorism.
