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Pakistan2500 BCESports
Terracotta figurines and game boards from Mohenjo-daro provide the earliest archaeological evidence of organized recreational sports in urban civilizations.
The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. - summary
Iran2020Wars
A U.S. drone strike killed Iran's most powerful military commander in Baghdad, pushing the Middle East toward direct confrontation between superpowers.
president Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. - 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.
WeChat Pay, officially referred to as Weixin Pay in China, is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by WeChat based in China that allows users to make mobile payments and online transactions. - summary
Global2018
On this day (07/28), 8 years ago: Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Wendy Tuck is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia. - summary
Global2016
On this day (07/26), 10 years ago: The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
The crimes were committed by a 26-year-old man, identified as Satoshi Uematsu , a former employee of the care facility. - summary
Global2014
On this day (08/02), 12 years ago: At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
The 2014 Kunshan explosion was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. - summary
Vatican City2013
The first papal resignation in six centuries shocked the Catholic Church and ushered in the Francis era of reform.
Pope Benedict XVI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. - summary
Global2013
On this day (07/13), 13 years ago: Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.
It is the seventh named storm and the first typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. - summary
United States2006Tech launches
AWS pioneered cloud computing infrastructure, fundamentally reshaping how software is built, deployed, and scaled globally.
(AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. - summary
Global2002
On this day (05/22), 24 years ago: Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. - summary
Japan1998Sports
Japan hosted the Winter Games for the first time, cementing its status as a premier sports nation and modernizing the alpine prefecture.
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Nagano 1998, were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, wit… - summary
United States1997Tech launches
NASA's Pathfinder successfully landed on Mars and deployed Sojourner, proving that low-cost, mobile planetary exploration was viable and inspiring decades of Mars missions.
The Pathfinder Mural is a work of art formerly located at 410 West Street in the New York City neighborhood known as the West Village. - summary
Lebanon1992Elections
After 17 years of paralysis, parliament returned to session marking the fragile opening of Lebanon's post-war political reconstruction under Syrian oversight.
There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations but with half of the seats reserved for Christians and half for … - summary
Global1992
On this day (07/18), 34 years ago: A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Their main claim to fame is that a photograph of them was the earliest photographic image shared on the World Wide Web. - summary
Global1988
On this day (08/01), 38 years ago: A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1970 to 1979. - 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
Global1983
On this day (07/21), 43 years ago: The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C at the then-Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983 by ground measurements. - summary
Israel1979Wars
Carter brokered peace. Begin and Sadat actually signed it.
The deal's core terms were straightforward but seismic: Israel would withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, which it had occupied since 1967, returning it fully to Egyptian control by April 1982. - summary
United States1967Sports
The Green Bay Packers' victory in the inaugural championship game created America's most-watched annual sporting event and cultural phenomenon.
The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10. - summary
Soviet Union1960Wars
The downing of an American spy plane over Soviet territory escalated Cold War tensions and exposed U.S. espionage operations to the world.
But the Soviets had developed the S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile system, and on that Sunday morning, they brought Powers down. - summary