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Global1990
On this day (08/02), 36 years ago: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
After defeating the State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Iraq went on to militarily occupy the country for the next seven months. - summary
Poland1989Elections
Solidarity's electoral victory shattered communist rule in Eastern Europe and triggered the Soviet bloc's cascading collapse.
It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 26 June 1998. - summary
Poland1989Elections
Lech Wałęsa's Solidarity swept Poland's semi-free elections, delivering the first democratic blow to Soviet bloc rule and triggering the cascade that ended communist Eastern Europe.
It was founded in August 1980 by Robin Blick, Karen Blick, and Adam Westoby, and continued its activities into the first half of the 1990s. - summary
Poland1989Revolutions
Solidarity's landslide victory in partially free elections shattered Soviet dominion and ignited the domino collapse of communist regimes across Eastern Europe.
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II. - summary
United States1989Sports
Joe Montana's final-minute touchdown pass solidified the San Francisco 49ers' dynasty and became one of football's most iconic clutch moments.
Super Bowl XXIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National … - summary
Israel1987Protests
Stones, strikes, and a region forever changed.
What began as spontaneous street protests and stone-throwing by young Palestinians quickly evolved into a coordinated, multi-faceted resistance movement that included strikes, boycotts, and armed operations. - summary
Global1985
On this day (08/12), 41 years ago: Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. - summary
United States1980Sports
Cold War-era Games immortalized by the 'Miracle on Ice' hockey upset; pivotal moment of Cold War symbolism with rich historical documentation.
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. - summary
United States1976Tech launches
Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and transmit images, fundamentally changing planetary science.
Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter spacecraft which photographed the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander which studied the planet from the surface. - summary
Canada1976Sports
Twenty-nine nations boycotted Montreal's Games over Taiwan's exclusion, turning sport into Cold War proxy and exposing the IOC's political vulnerability.
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Ca… - summary
Lebanon1976Wars
A brutal standoff and massacre at Beirut's Palestine Hotel epitomized the chaos and sectarian violence consuming the city during civil war.
The Palestine Hotel, often referred to simply as The Palestine, is a 16-story luxury hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. - summary
Cambodia1975Revolutions
The Khmer Rouge takeover initiated one of the 20th century's most devastating genocides, killing approximately two million Cambodians in a failed agrarian utopia.
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. - summary
Finland1975Elections
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe produces binding agreements on human rights and sovereignty—a soft-power victory that emboldened dissidents across the Eastern Bloc.
All then-existing European countries except Andorra and Hoxhaist Albania, as well as the United States and Canada, signed the Final Act in an attempt to improve the détente between the East and the West. - summary
United States1972Launches
The final crewed lunar landing brought geology and human exploration to the Moon's Taurus Littrow valley, ending the era of lunar footprints and sample return.
The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, and the first crewed mission to land on the Moon was Apollo 11 in 1969. - summary
Canada1971Protests
Greenpeace's founding in Vancouver established the template for confrontational environmental activism and grew into the world's most visible conservation organization.
When the original Vancouver-based Greenpeace Foundation agreed in 1979 to be represented in Greenpeace International the Hawaii-based Greenpeace Foundation joined them, but a schism in 1985 over wildlife campaign goal… - summary
Switzerland1971Elections
Switzerland became one of the last Western democracies to grant women voting rights, marking a watershed for gender equality.
Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971. - summary
United Nations1968Launches
NPT framework became cornerstone of global nuclear governance, signed by majority of nations and shaping Cold War strategic doctrine.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty, the objective of which is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons… - summary
United States1968Protests
Chicago's convention erupted into violence between antiwar protesters and police, cementing the era's social divisions and reshaping electoral politics.
Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. - summary
Egypt1968Festivals
In an unprecedented feat of international cooperation, UNESCO and Egypt relocated the 67-meter Abu Simbel temples in 1968 to save them from Aswan Dam flooding.
A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal, glass, marble, or stone. - summary
South Africa1967Tech launches
Christiaan Barnard's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town shattered the final barrier of organ transplantation and redefined surgical medicine.
In cardiac auscultation, an examiner may use a stethoscope to listen for these unique and distinct sounds that provide important auditory data regarding the condition of the heart. - summary