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Saudi Arabia2019Tech launches
The world's largest oil company's $2 trillion IPO marked Saudi Vision 2030 ambitions and unprecedented market access.
Saudi Aramco has both the world's largest proven crude oil reserves, at more than 270 billion barrels, and largest daily oil production of all oil-producing companies. - summary
Global2018
On this day (07/25), 8 years ago: As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
The 2018 Suwayda attacks were a string of suicide bombings and mass shooting incidents in Suwayda, Syria on 25 July 2018. - 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.
As of December 30, 2014, the explosion killed 146 workers and injured 114 others. - summary
Global2012
On this day (05/28), 14 years ago: The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people.
The Arkankergen massacre occurred on 28 May 2012 in the Arkankergen military post in the Alakol District of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal. - 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.
Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former British Army soldier from Northern Ireland. - summary
Global1995
On this day (07/12), 31 years ago: Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
It also includes studies of the environmental effects of earthquakes such as tsunamis; other seismic sources such as volcanoes, plate tectonics, glaciers, rivers, oceanic microseisms, and the atmosphere; and artificia… - summary
Global1994
On this day (07/18), 32 years ago: The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
Executed as a suicide attack, a bomb-laden van was driven into the AMIA building and subsequently detonated, killing 85 people and injuring over 300. - summary
United States1986Disasters
Seven astronauts died when a faulty O-ring caused the shuttle to break apart 73 seconds after launch, exposing NASA's safety failures and shocking the world.
It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight. - 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
Global1968
On this day (08/02), 58 years ago: An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
The 1968 Casiguran earthquake occurred on 04:19:22 local time on August 2 with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). - summary
Japan1945Wars
America's atomic gamble vaporizes a city and kills 140,000.
The device, code-named "Little Boy," detonated about 1,900 feet above the city. - summary
Monaco1929Sports
The Monaco Grand Prix established motorsport's most prestigious and technically challenging street circuit race.
The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. - summary
United States1917Wars
American entry, catalyzed by unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram, tipped the balance decisively toward Allied victory and American global dominance.
Apart from an Anglophile element urging early support for the British and an anti-tsarist element sympathizing with Germany's war against Russia, American public opinion had generally reflected a desire to stay out of… - summary
United States1906Tech launches
Reginald Fessenden had a problem: wireless telegraphy worked fine for Morse code, but voices turned to mush. - summary
India1905
British India allows limited elections to the Imperial Legislative Council, sparking nationalist fervor.
The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. - summary
Switzerland1905Tech launches
Albert Einstein was 26 years old and working as a technical expert at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern when he submitted four papers to Annalen der Physik in 1905. - summary
Global1898Wars
The Treaty of Paris, signed on December 10, 1898, formally concluded the Spanish-American War and redrew the map of the Caribbean and Pacific. - summary
France1895Tech launches
The Lumière brothers' public screening of motion pictures in Paris launched cinema as a mass entertainment medium and art form.
Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II, and was the first military unit made up entirely of professionals from the film industry. - summary
United States1893Wars
American businessmen and military personnel orchestrated the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani, establishing a provisional government that led to U.S. annexation and displaced Hawaiian sovereignty.
The coup was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign-born permanent residents and six Hawaiian-born people in Honolulu. - summary
United Kingdom1889Protests
Tens of thousands of dock workers secured landmark victories for the nascent labour movement, proving mass working-class organization could challenge industrial capital.
The industrial action also established strong trade unions amongst London dockers, one of which became the nationally important Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union. - summary