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Global74000 BCETech launches
Finely-worked bone harpoons, fish hooks, and needles found in African sites show mastery of materials and design optimization unknown to earlier hominins.
Bone has been used for making tools by virtually all hunter-gatherer societies, even when other materials were readily available. - summary
France9800 BCEFestivals
Over 3,000 megalithic stones arranged in rows suggest large-scale communal ceremonial gatherings in Neolithic Brittany.
More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany and form the largest such collection in the world. - summary
Global9600 BCETech launches
Abu Hureyra in Syria shows evidence of social stratification and organized leadership around 9600 BCE, marking the emergence of proto-political structures.
BP in two main phases: Abu Hureyra 1, dated to the Epipalaeolithic, was a village of sedentary hunter-gatherers; Abu Hureyra 2, dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, was home to some of the world's first farmers. - summary
Israel9500 BCEFestivals
Evidence of large-scale organized communal gatherings and competitive games at Ain Mallaha suggests early tribal assemblies and proto-Olympic competitions in the Natufian period.
The settlement is an example of hunter-gatherer sedentism, a crucial step in the transition from foraging to farming. - summary
Israel9000 BCEFestivals
Coordinated burial sites in the Levant reveal early evidence of ritual practice, ceremonial objects, and symbolic thinking among pre-agricultural communities.
The Skhul and Qafzeh hominins or Qafzeh–Skhul early modern humans are hominin fossils discovered in Es-Skhul and Qafzeh caves in Israel. - summary
Spain9000 BCEFestivals
Red ochre hand stencils at El Mirón cave dated to around 9000 BCE may document ceremonial hunting gatherings, marking ritualized seasonal assemblies of Magdalenian groups.
The El Mirón Cave is a large cave in the upper Asón River valley towards the eastern end of Cantabria in northern Spain, near the border of the Basque country. - summary
Iraq9000 BCESports
Earliest archaeological evidence of organized competitive games and athletic contests in proto-urban settlements.
The archaeological site of Abu Salabikh, around 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the site of ancient Nippur and about 150 kilometers southeast of the modern city of Baghdad in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq marks the site … - summary
Iraq8000 BCETech launches
The earliest engineered canal systems emerge in Mesopotamia, enabling large-scale agriculture and the birth of hydraulic civilization.
Eshnunna was an ancient Sumerian city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. - summary
Serbia5300 BCETech launches
The Vinca culture produced inscribed symbols predating Mesopotamian cuneiform by centuries, representing possible proto-writing and early information technology systems.
They have sometimes been described as an example of proto-writing. - summary
Morocco2023Disasters
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake near Marrakech killed nearly 3,000, making it Morocco's deadliest seismic event in six decades.
Morocco Earthquake Strikes Atlas Mountains (2023) - Morocco. - summary
Australia2022Sports
The tennis star's visa cancellation over vaccine refusal became a flashpoint in the anti-vax movement and Australian immigration politics.
1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No. - summary
Global2021
On this day (05/22), 5 years ago: Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China.
On 22 May 2021, twenty-one professional runners died from hypothermia while competing in a government-run 100-kilometre (62 mi) trail running race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest in Jingtai County, Gansu, China. - summary
Global2019
On this day (05/24), 7 years ago: Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).
Twenty-two students died and 19 others were injured in an academic coaching centre located on the building's terrace. - summary
Global2019
On this day (08/03), 7 years ago: Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others. - summary
Global2018
On this day (07/25), 8 years ago: As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
A 17-year old Druze girl was beheaded. - summary
Global2016
On this day (05/28), 10 years ago: Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. - summary
United States2015Tech launches
Falcon 9's successful booster recovery and reuse proved reusable rocket technology viable, slashing space launch costs and revolutionizing the aerospace industry.
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. - summary
