Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Sikh extremists in 1984. Martin Luther published his “95 theses” in 1517, beginning the Protestant Reformation. Nevada became the 36th state in 1864. President Johnson halted bomb attacks in North Vietnam in 1968. The Lincoln Highway was dedicated in 1913. The disarmament crisis in Iraq began in 1998. Stalin’s body […]
Edison lit the first light bulb (1879), a kamikaze attack occurred (1944), Von Braun transferred to NASA (1959), Eris photographed (2003), Medicine Lodge treaties signed (1867), North Korea nuclear deal made (1994), Vietnam War protests (1967), USS Constitution launched (1797), Magellan discovered strait (1520), Nightingale sent to Crimean War (1854). Thomas Edison lit a light […]
The UN expelled Taiwan and admitted China in 1971. The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred in 1854 during the Crimean War. The US invaded Grenada in 1983, and Nixon vetoed the war powers resolution in 1973. Himmler cracked down on the Edelweiss Pirates in 1944. The Toronto Stock Exchange was founded in 1861. Fidel […]
The October Revolution in 1917 brought a left-wing government to power in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin of the Bolshevik Party. It was the first communist rebellion of the 20th century and helped lay the foundations for Stalinism and the Cold War. The revolution occurred after the defeat of Tsarist government during the February Revolution. […]
The calendar year is based on the time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun, which is 365.242 days. The leap year system was created to add an extra day every four years to account for the .242 days, but this still caused inaccuracies. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII removed 10 days from […]
Germany reunited after 45 years of separation, the US Congress passed a $700 billion bailout bill in 2008, Thanksgiving Day was established in 1863, Britain tested its first nuclear weapon in 1952, and the first buffalo wings were served in 1964. Other events include the US Congress passing the War Revenue Act in 1917, Iraq […]
Italy declared war on Germany in 1943, shifting alliances in World War II. The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered in 1773, while the US Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999. The longitudinal meridian of Universal Time was established in 1884, and the White House’s construction began in 1792. The United States […]
Millions protested the Vietnam War in the US (1969). China launched its first manned space mission (2003). Khrushchev was ousted from power in the Soviet Union (1964). The first human ascent took place in a hot air balloon (1783). Pierre Laval was executed for treason in France (1945). Progestin was synthesized for the first time […]
No evidence of weapons of mass destruction was found in Iraq, according to a report by US weapons inspector Charles Duelfer. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Muslim terrorists in 1981. The Jazz Singer, the first “talkie” film, was released in 1927. Thomas Edison demonstrated his movie camera, the “cinetograph,” in 1889. The first […]
Yosemite National Park established in 1890, Nuremberg Trials convict 24 war criminals in 1946, Free Speech Movement protests at University of California in 1964, Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union in 1988, first compact disc player goes on sale in 1982, NASA established in 1958, Mensa International founded in 1946, Polly Klass kidnapping leads to […]
Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia, North Korea claimed to have tested its first nuclear weapon, German troops occupied Antwerp in WWI, NASA landed on the moon, Yale University was founded, Google bought YouTube, an international postal system was created, Laura Ingalls flew solo across the US, the last observable supernova occurred, and the SR-71 […]
Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of War of the Worlds caused panic in 1938. The Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon in 1961. Rosa Parks was honored in the US Capitol in 2005. The World Trade Organization was founded in 1947. The Perfect Storm hit the Atlantic in 1991. The first kidney transplant in England […]
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886, Prohibition began in 1919, Italy became fascist in 1922, Greece joined the Allies in 1940, and the Cuban Missile Crisis ended in 1962. Argentina elected its first female leader in 2007, and the Gateway Arch was completed in 1965. The first porcelain toilet was invented in 1885, […]
Truman asked US citizens to not eat meat on Tuesdays and Thursdays to free up grain for starving Europeans. Vanunu claimed Israel had nuclear weapons. PBS replaced NET. Kunst circled the world on foot for UNICEF. The “March on Versailles” marked a turning point in the French Revolution. The first baseball radio broadcast featured the […]
The US implemented a blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Aachen was captured by American troops in WWII, the Highway Beautification Act was signed to clean up American highways, PATCO was decertified in 1981, India launched its first lunar mission in 2008, and more events. US President John F. Kennedy ordered an air […]
Nazi Germany’s “Operation Typhoon” to seize Moscow failed in 1941, leading to the deadly “Battle of Moscow.” The Tlatelolco massacre occurred during a student protest in Mexico in 1968. The Warsaw Uprising was suppressed by Nazis in 1944, resulting in the deaths of over 250,000 Polish citizens. Other events include the signing of the Electronic […]
Truman signed the Mutual Security Act in 1951, Canada faced the FLQ crisis in 1970, the first nuclear accident occurred in the UK in 1957, the Outer Space Treaty was issued in 1967, Agnew resigned in 1973, Panama Canal opened in 1913, London Bridge opened in Arizona in 1971, Nazis executed Gypsy children in Auschwitz […]
The Black Thursday crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression, while the 2008 Black Friday crash affected most Western stock markets. The UN was born in 1945, Truman declared an end to the war with Germany in 1951, and Eisenhower pledged military support to South Vietnam in 1954. Other events include the first transcontinental […]
China detonated a nuclear bomb (1964), the US authorized the war in Iraq (2002), the Long March began in China (1934), the last smallpox diagnosis was made (1975), the Million Man March took place in Washington DC (1995), the Nazis established the Warsaw Ghetto (1940), Britain announced plans to ban handguns after the Dunblane massacre […]
US-Soviet arms control talks stalled in 1986 due to disagreement over the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Day of Six Billion was established in 1999. The Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1 in 1964, and in 1960, Khrushchev famously slammed his shoe at the UN. Thatcher narrowly escaped an IRA bombing in 1984. Gore won the Nobel […]
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