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United States1860Elections
Lincoln's victory without a single Southern electoral vote precipitated secession and ignited the American Civil War.
A United States presidential election was held on November 6, 1860. - summary
Italy753
Rome's legendary founding marks the beginning of a settlement that will expand into the Mediterranean's dominant military and political power for the next millennium.
753 BC, with settlements around the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in central Italy, and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Roman Republic c. - summary
Etruria700 BCE
Etruscan city-states emerged as Italy's dominant power, profoundly influencing early Roman culture, religion, and urban planning.
The Etruscans created a civilization in Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. - summary
Greece1100 BCEDisasters
Fires and destruction leveled Pylos, Mycenae, and Tiryns within a generation, erasing palace administration and literacy in the first Greek Dark Age.
The Mycenaean palace amphora with octopus in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA) with inventory number Π 6725 is dated to the 15th century BC. - summary
Pakistan8500 BCEDisasters
Catastrophic seasonal floods shape settlement patterns and collective engineering responses in river valleys.
Geographic span: Indus River Basin, present-day Pakistan and northwest India - key fact
United States2021Tech launches
Tesla's stock surge pushed Musk past Bezos to become the wealthiest human, reflecting the billionaire tech ascendance.
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and past public official known for his leadership of Tesla and SpaceX. - summary
United States2020Protests
George Floyd's murder sparked the largest racial justice uprising in U.S. history, forcing police reform onto the national agenda and reshaping corporate America's reckoning with racism.
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimination and racial inequality experienced by Black people in the United States, and to promote anti-racism. - summary
Global2020
On this day (05/22), 6 years ago: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people.
On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport Karachi, killing 97 out of the 99 pe… - summary
Global2011
On this day (07/13), 15 years ago: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990, adopted unanimously on June 27, 2011, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in Sudan and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Council established … - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/14), 25 years ago: Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
Over 270,000 people visit the structure annually. - summary
European Union1999Tech launches
The European Union adopted the euro as its common currency in electronic transactions, cementing economic integration and reshaping monetary policy across member states.
The euro is the official currency of 21 of the 27 member states of the European Union. - summary
Global1997
On this day (07/27), 29 years ago: About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
The Si Zerrouk massacre took place in the Si Zerrouk neighborhood in the south of Larbaa in Algeria on 27 July 1997. - summary
Global1991
On this day (08/02), 35 years ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. - summary
Soviet Union1980Sports
The Cold War boycott by 65 nations over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan demonstrated how geopolitics could fracture the Olympic movement.
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. - summary
Jamaica1962Elections
Jamaica's independence from Britain on August 6, 1962 marked the beginning of decolonization across the Caribbean and established the modern Jamaican state.
The Jamaica Independence Act 1962 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted independence to Jamaica with effect from 6 August 1962. - summary
India1948Elections
The world's largest democratic election commenced in newly independent India, testing universal suffrage on a population of 350 million.
General elections were held in British India in December 1945 to elect members of the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. - summary
Japan1945Wars
Japan's formal capitulation aboard the USS Missouri ended World War II, reshaping global power dynamics and ushering in the nuclear age.
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war. - summary
Germany1938Wars
Britain and France ceded Czechoslovak territory to Nazi Germany without Prague's consent, the defining act of appeasement that emboldened Hitler's expansionist ambitions on the eve of war.
The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of the First Czechoslovak Republic called the Sudetenland, where three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived. - summary
United States1933Launches
FDR's bold economic program fundamentally expanded federal authority and redefined the state's role in managing capitalism and social welfare.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. - summary
Germany1933Elections
When democracy dies with a handshake and an arson fire.
The Nazi Party had won 230 seats in the November 1932 elections-the largest single bloc in the Reichstag-but lacked a majority. - summary