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Global9600 BCETech launches
The successful cultivation of wild cereals in the Levant created the caloric surplus that enabled civilization to emerge from nomadic life.
Well-known wheat species and hybrids include the most widely grown common wheat, spelt, durum, emmer, einkorn, and Khorasan or Kamut. - summary
China9000 BCETech launches
Systematic cultivation of wild rice varieties in East Asia established agricultural economy independent of Fertile Crescent grains.
The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to di… - summary
United States2017Protests
Weinstein's arrest crystallized the Me Too reckoning and exposed decades of predatory behavior in Hollywood's inner circle.
In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); P… - summary
United States2001Tech launches
Free collaborative encyclopedia democratized knowledge access; redefined information production and epistemology.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. - summary
Global1998
On this day (07/12), 28 years ago: The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. - summary
Global1998
On this day (07/12), 28 years ago: France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
They play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and train at Centre National du Football in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. - summary
Global1995
On this day (07/18), 31 years ago: On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. - summary
Global1989
On this day (07/22), 37 years ago: The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
On 6 July 1989, Abd al-Hadi Ghanim, a 25-year-old militant of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, seized the steering wheel of a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. - summary
United States1927Tech launches
Henry Ford launches the successor to the Model T, incorporating advances in electric starting and aesthetics while cementing mass automobile production as the decade's economic engine.
Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery, sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. - summary
Finland1906Elections
Finland became the first European nation to grant women full voting rights, establishing a democratic precedent that catalyzed global suffrage movements.
And yet while Victoria's campaign started earlier than other states, early lobbying culminated in the formation of Australia's first suffrage group, the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society (VWSS) in 1884, it was the la… - summary
Martinique1902Disasters
A pyroclastic surge obliterates the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds, killing 29,000 and defining a new volcanic hazard.
The film is a short reconstruction, using miniature models, of a recent historical event: the eruption on 8 May 1902 of Mount Pelée, which destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique. - summary
United States1830Wars
Jackson's forced relocation policy displaced thousands of Native Americans and exemplified systematic ethnic cleansing.
The movement westward of Indian tribes was characterized by a large number of deaths due to the hardships of the journey. - summary
France1572Disasters
The coordinated slaughter of thousands of Huguenots across France exposed the brutal depths of religious sectarianism in early modern Europe.
The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. - summary
Global130000 BCEAwards
Ochre-engraved and carved bone artifacts from this epoch represent the earliest evidence of non-utilitarian symbolic production, marking the dawn of abstract human thought.
Pattern type: Cross-hatched lines and geometric designs - key fact
Serbia9500 BCEFestivals
Danube River fishing settlement with evidence of ritual bonfire gatherings and ceremonial food preparation in Mesolithic Europe.
It includes Mesolithic Iron Gates Hunter-Gatherers period and transition to Early Neolithic Early European Farmers period of the Balkans. - summary
United Kingdom2022Elections
Liz Truss became Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, lasting just 49 days in September 2022 before resignations and economic turmoil forced her out.
On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. - summary
China2020Tech launches
WeChat's ubiquitous payment system overtook cash in China's economy and demonstrated the power of mobile-first fintech in authoritarian surveillance.
Alibaba company founder Jack Ma considered the red envelope feature to be a "Pearl Harbor moment", as it began to erode Alipay's historic dominance in the online payments industry in China, especially in peer-to-peer … - summary
New Zealand2019Disasters
A white-supremacist gunman killed 51 worshippers in two mosques, sparking global debate on terrorism and online radicalization.
New Zealand Christchurch Mosque Shootings (2019) - New Zealand. - summary
Global2016
On this day (07/26), 10 years ago: Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Clinton ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for president, in which she became the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. - summary
United States2014Tech launches
Apple's September 9, 2014 event at the Flint Center in Cupertino introduced two devices that would reshape the smartphone market: the iPhone 6 with a 4.7-inch display and the iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5-inch screen. - summary