Bin Laden admitted to ordering the 9/11 attacks (2004), the first constitution of the EU was signed (2004), the Suez crisis began (1956), the first “Internet” connection was established (1969), the first peacetime military draft number was drawn (1940), an asteroid was visited by a space probe (1991), the International Red Cross was born (1863), Muhammad Ali won his first professional boxing match (1960), the National Organization for Women was established (1966), and John Glenn became the oldest person to visit space (1998). US school district segregation was ended by a Supreme Court ruling (1969).
Osama bin Laden has formally admitted to ordering the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. (2004) The admission, which was previously videotaped, was broadcast by Al Jazeera news network in Qatar. It was the first time that bin Laden had admitted his involvement.
Signed the first constitution of the European Union. (2004) The Treaty and the Final Act were signed by 25 European leaders in Rome. Eighteen countries ratified the treaty, but it was completed when France and the Netherlands rejected it in 2005.
The “Suez crisis” began when Egypt was invaded by Israel. (1956) France and Britain joined Israel in the fight after Egypt decided to nationalize the Suez Canal. Military troops eventually withdrew after pressure from the United States and Russia, and the United Nations negotiated a ceasefire agreement. The canal is now open to any vessel through an international treaty.
The first “Internet” connection is established. (1969) An experimental computer network, called the Arpanet, was created by the US military. It established a connection between the computers at the Stanford Research Institute and at UCLA. Connected networks were the forerunner of the Internet.
The first peacetime military draft number was drawn in the United States. (1940) The peacetime draft had been established when the United States Congress passed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 on September 6 of that year. The first number drawn was 158.
An asteroid has been visited for the first time by a space probe. (1991) The asteroid, 951 Gaspra, was visited by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. 951 Gaspra is more than 150 million miles (about 250 million kilometers) from Earth and is located in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars.
The International Red Cross is born. (1863) At an international conference in Geneva, Switzerland, eighteen countries adopted resolutions to create the humanitarian organization.
Muhammad Ali won his first professional boxing match. (1960) Ali beat Tunney Hunsaker – the police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia – in six rounds.
The National Organization for Women is established. (1966) Group, now the largest women’s organization in the United States, focuses on feminism, women’s rights, and anti-racist issues, among other concerns.
John Glenn became the oldest person, at age 77, to visit space as he took off on the Space Shuttle Discovery on its second journey into space. (1998) Glenn had been part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission 36 years earlier, in 1962. He was also the first American to orbit the Earth.
The segregation of US school districts in the Southern United States was finally ended by a US Supreme Court ruling. (1969) The ruling resulted from the court’s decision in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education.
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