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Global2015
On this day (07/27), 11 years ago: Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
On 27 July 2015, three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. - summary
Global2014
On this day (05/24), 12 years ago: At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
On the afternoon of 24 May 2014, a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people in an antisemitic Islamist terrorist attack. - summary
Global2013
On this day (05/28), 13 years ago: Start of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey.
A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park. - summary
New Zealand2011Disasters
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Christchurch's central business district and killed 185 people, prompting one of the most ambitious urban reconstruction efforts in modern history.
The Mw 6.2 earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business district. - summary
Global2006
On this day (07/11), 20 years ago: Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July 2006. - summary
Global2001
On this day (08/24), 25 years ago: Microsoft makes the RTM release of Windows XP.
It is the direct successor to Windows NT 4.0, and was released to manufacturing on December 15, 1999, and then to retail on February 17, 2000, with Windows 2000 Datacenter Server being released on September 26, 2000. - summary
Global2001
On this day (08/25), 25 years ago: American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
It was released on July 7, 2001, by Blackground Records and Virgin Records. - summary
Israel2000Protests
Sharon's Temple Mount stroll lit a decade-long powder keg.
On September 28, 2000, Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon walked onto the Temple Mount-the compound housing the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site-accompanied by hundreds of police. - summary
Global1997
On this day (07/31), 29 years ago: FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five.
FedEx Express Flight 14 was a scheduled cargo flight from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, via Malaysia, Taiwan, and Alaska. - summary
Global1996
On this day (07/29), 30 years ago: The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first legislative attempt to regulate obscene and indecent material on the Internet. - summary
Bosnia and Herzegovina1995Wars
The peace agreement ended the Bosnian War and established international frameworks for post-conflict state-building and ethnic reconciliation.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords, and colloquially known as the Dayton, is the peace agreement ending the three-and-a-half-y… - summary
Bosnia and Herzegovina1992Wars
The Bosnian conflict shattered post-Cold War assumptions about European stability and produced unprecedented mass atrocities in the continent.
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. - summary
Soviet Union1986Disasters
The catastrophic meltdown at the Ukrainian reactor released radioactive material across Europe, marking history's worst nuclear accident and reshaping energy policy globally.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. - summary
Global1985Festivals
The largest simultaneous rock concert held across London and Philadelphia raised £40 million for Ethiopian famine relief and became a defining moment in celebrity activism.
On July 13, 1985, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized Live Aid, a dual-venue benefit concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. - summary
United States1980Elections
Reagan's landslide victory and rightward realignment signaled the end of postwar liberalism and reshaped American conservatism for decades.
Anderson and former ambassador to Mexico Patrick Lucey in a landslide. - summary
Soviet Union1980Sports
The Cold War boycott by 65 nations over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan demonstrated how geopolitics could fracture the Olympic movement.
These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin before he was succeeded by Juan Antonio Samaranch shortly afterward. - summary
Iran1979Revolutions
Iranian Revolution & Fall of the Shah
The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979, formally marking the end of Iran's modern monarchy and its last period of monarchical rule. - summary
United Kingdom1978Tech launches
Louise Brown's birth through in vitro fertilization revolutionized reproductive medicine and offered hope to millions with infertility.
The uprising lasted from December 1987 until the Madrid Conference of 1991, though some date its conclusion to 1993, the year the Oslo Accords were signed. - summary
Lebanon1975Wars
Lebanese Civil War Begins
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. - summary
Global1968
On this day (08/02), 58 years ago: An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
The thrust earthquake's epicenter was in Casiguran, Quezon. - summary