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United States1954Elections
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional, delivering a landmark blow to Jim Crow and setting the stage for the Civil Rights era.
The Court's unanimous decision in Brown and its related cases paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement, and it became a model for many future impact litigation cases. - summary
United States1894Protests
The Pullman strike became the largest labor protest in U.S. history to that date, pitting railroad workers against federal troops in a defining labor conflict.
It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, the main labor unions, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. - summary
Iraq1800Disasters
Sumerian flood myths preserved in cuneiform literature possibly reference actual catastrophic inundation events in Mesopotamian river valleys.
It is one of three Mesopotamian flood myths alongside the one included in the Eridu Genesis, and an episode from the Atra-Hasis Epic. - summary
Serbia9500 BCEFestivals
Danube River fishing settlement with evidence of ritual bonfire gatherings and ceremonial food preparation in Mesolithic Europe.
It includes Mesolithic Iron Gates Hunter-Gatherers period and transition to Early Neolithic Early European Farmers period of the Balkans. - summary
Global9000 BCETech launches
Systematic irrigation infrastructure in Mesopotamia circa 9000 BCE enabled large-scale agriculture and the rise of complex societies.
Irrigation helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. - summary
United States2017Protests
Weinstein's arrest crystallized the Me Too reckoning and exposed decades of predatory behavior in Hollywood's inner circle.
In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); P… - summary
United States2017Elections
Days into his presidency, Trump signed the controversial Muslim ban, triggering years of legal battles and defining his hardline immigration agenda.
His first-term travel bans affected 7 of the 49 Muslim-majority countries, were challenged in court, and were criticized by his opponents as targeting Muslim nationals. - summary
Brazil2014Sports
Argentina's knockout opponents were Switzerland (1-0 in RO16), Belgium (1-0 in QF), and Netherlands (0-0 after extra time, 4-2 on penalties in SF). - summary
Global2014
On this day (08/03), 12 years ago: The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking people who are indigenous to Kurdistan who practice Yazidism, a monotheistic Iranian ethnoreligion derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. - summary
Global2013
On this day (05/22), 13 years ago: Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered by two Islamic extremists in Woolwich, Southeast London.
While fusilier is derived from the 17th-century French word fusil – meaning a type of flintlock musket – the term has been used in contrasting ways in different countries and at different times, including soldiers gua… - summary
Global2013
On this day (05/23), 13 years ago: A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Interstate 5 (I-5) is an Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States that serves as the region's primary north–south route. - summary
Egypt2011Revolutions
On January 25, 2011, tens of thousands of Egyptians poured into the streets to challenge Hosni Mubarak's three-decade grip on power. - summary
Global2007
On this day (07/31), 19 years ago: Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
This involved counter-insurgency and supporting the police in carrying out internal security duties such as guarding key points, mounting checkpoints and patrols, carrying out raids and searches, riot control and bomb… - summary
Ukraine2004Protests
Mass protests against electoral fraud forced a presidential revote, briefly orienting Ukraine toward Western democracy before geopolitical reversals.
Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, was the focal point of the movement's campaign of civil resistance, with thousands of protesters demonstrating daily. - summary
Global2004Disasters
The seafloor ruptured. Everything changed in minutes.
The earthquake registered 9.1 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the second-largest ever recorded. - summary
Global2000
On this day (07/25), 26 years ago: Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people.
It is located in the 8th arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. - summary
Panama1999Launches
The U.S. relinquished operational control of the strategic waterway, marking a pivotal decolonial moment in hemispheric relations.
The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. - summary
United States1995Tech launches
The removal of commercial restrictions on the World Wide Web enabled mass public adoption and catalyzed the digital revolution that reshaped all human institutions.
The Virtual library was a non-profit, largely student-run website managed by a consortium, headed by Drexel University. - summary
United States1985Tech launches
Symbolics.com became the first registered .com domain, marking the symbolic birth of the World Wide Web's commercial era.
It was established as one of the first state-chartered banks to operate exclusively online and via telephone, without any physical branches. - summary
Ghana1957Elections
Ghana's independence from Britain became the catalyst for decolonization across Africa, symbolizing the continent's emergence from European imperial rule.
The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra, Ghana. - summary