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China2020Disasters
Wuhan Lockdown Initiates COVID Response
On 23 January 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council of China imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei in an effort to quarantine the center of an outbreak of COVID-19; this action … - summary
United States2015Tech launches
SpaceX successfully landed a rocket's first stage for reuse, revolutionizing spaceflight economics and enabling the modern reusable rocket era.
The Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests were a series of controlled-descent flight tests conducted by SpaceX between 2013 and 2016. - summary
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
Hong Kong2014Protests
The 79-day Umbrella Movement marked the first mass pro-democracy uprising in Hong Kong and presaged the territory's loss of autonomous freedoms.
Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) was a single-purpose Hong Kong civil disobedience campaign initiated by Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man on 27 March 2013. - summary
Global2014
On this day (05/23), 12 years ago: Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
Elliot Rodger murdered six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing, and vehicle ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), before fatally shooting himself. - summary
Global2014
On this day (07/18), 12 years ago: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant organisat… - summary
Global2013
On this day (07/22), 13 years ago: At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
On 6 July 2013, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Secondary School in the village of Mamudo in Yobe State, Nigeria and killed at least 42 people. - summary
United States2008Tech launches
Google's open-source Android platform democratized smartphone access and became the world's dominant mobile operating system.
The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. - summary
India2008Sports
The IPL revolutionized cricket as a global franchise sport and became the world's richest league by media value, reshaping professional athletics in the developing world.
The prime minister of India is the head of government of the Republic of India. - summary
United States2006Tech launches
SpaceX's first privately-developed liquid-fueled rocket reached orbit, proving commercial spaceflight viable and transforming the industry.
Falcon 1 was a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle that was operated from 2006 to 2009 by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. - summary
Global2006
On this day (07/30), 20 years ago: An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
The 2006 Qana airstrike was an airstrike carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the… - summary
Global2003Tech launches
International sequencing of human DNA blueprint fundamentally redefined medicine and biological science.
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the hu… - summary
Global2003
On this day (05/28), 23 years ago: Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
Peter John Hollingworth was an Australian bishop who served as Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until his resignation in 2003. - 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.
Aaliyah is the third and final studio album by the American singer Aaliyah. - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/04), 25 years ago: Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just next to Tokyo. - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/21), 25 years ago: Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
Ross Andrew Parker, from Peterborough, England, was a seventeen-year-old white English male murdered in an unprovoked racially motivated crime. - summary
India1998Launches
Operation Shakti demonstrated India's nuclear capability and triggered Pakistan's tests weeks later, reshaping South Asian strategic balance.
The 123 Agreement signed between the United States of America and India is known as the U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Agreement or Indo-US nuclear deal. - summary
Japan1997Festivals
Nations committed to legally binding greenhouse gas emission reductions, establishing the first major international climate agreement with enforcement mechanisms.
The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce gre… - summary
Global1996
On this day (07/18), 30 years ago: Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
The Saguenay flood was a series of flash floods on July 19 and 20, 1996 that hit the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. - summary
Global1996
On this day (07/22), 30 years ago: A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. - summary