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Global2019
On this day (07/29), 7 years ago: The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
The Altamira prison riot occurred on 29 July 2019, when a riot broke out at the Centro de Recuperação Regional de Altamira prison in Altamira, Pará, Brazil due to drug turf disputes between rival gangs within the prison. - 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
Singapore2010Launches
Marina Bay Sands' inauguration on June 23, 2010, became an iconic symbol of Singapore's architectural ambition and cementing its status as a premier tourist destination.
The resort includes a 1,850-room hotel, a 120,000-square-metre (1,300,000 sq ft) meetings and conventions facility at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, a 74,000-square-metre luxury shopping mall, The Shoppes at Marina B… - summary
Global2005
On this day (07/29), 21 years ago: Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a Palomar Observatory–based team led by Mike Brown and verified later that year. - summary
Global2004
On this day (08/01), 22 years ago: A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
After the fire broke out, exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise. - summary
United States1997Tech launches
Amazon's public debut inaugurated the commercial internet retail era, with comprehensive Wikipedia and financial documentation.
Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, the company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories, referred to … - summary
Germany1990Revolutions
German Reunification Treaty Signed
German reunification, also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 Oc… - summary
United States1989Disasters
The worst U.S. environmental catastrophe of its era galvanized modern ocean-spill liability and conservation law.
Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. - summary
Global1988
On this day (07/22), 38 years ago: The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, is an American four- to six-seat twin-engined general aviation light aircraft, used also in small numbers by the United States Navy and military forces in other countries. - summary
Iran1986Wars
Secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and illegal Nicaragua funding scandal emerged, exposing Cold War duplicity and testing American constitutional oversight.
knowledge and tacit approval, shipped the first TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran. - summary
United States1980Disasters
The catastrophic volcanic eruption killed 57 people and reshaped volcanic science and American Pacific Northwest geology.
Helens in Skamania County, Washington experienced a catastrophic explosive eruption which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5. - summary
United States1977Tech launches
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 launched with a gold-plated record carrying human culture beyond the solar system.
The records contain sounds and data to reconstruct raster scan images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them. - summary
Global1976
On this day (08/01), 50 years ago: Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. - summary
United States1974Elections
Power, paranoia, and the presidency's ultimate accountability reckoning.
On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee's offices at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. - summary
Australia1967Elections
1967 Referendum on Aboriginal Rights
On May 27, 1967, Australians voted to amend their constitution in a referendum that fundamentally altered the legal status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. - summary
United States1966Tech launches
The Surveyor 1 probe achieved the first soft landing on the Moon, proving a crewed landing was possible and paving the way for Apollo.
A lunar module is a lunar lander designed to allow astronauts to travel between a spacecraft in lunar orbit and the lunar surface. - summary
India1951Elections
The world's first democratic election in a newly independent postcolonial nation, involving 173 million voters across a vast, diverse subcontinent.
General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952, the first national elections after India gained independence in 1947. - summary
China1937Wars
Japanese forces committed mass atrocities against Chinese civilians and soldiers in Nanking, killing tens of thousands and establishing a template for industrial genocide.
It took place immediately after the Battle of Nanjing and retreat of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. - summary
United States1920Tech launches
KDKA's first commercial radio broadcast established mass wireless communication as a transformative medium for news, entertainment, and culture.
Radio broadcasting is the transmission of signals, especially audio, to receivers using radio waves over a wide area. - summary
Germany1919Revolutions
Weimar Republic Established
The Weimar Republic was a historical period of the German state from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history. - summary