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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
Pakistan2011Wars
The decade-defining death of al-Qaeda's leader marked a symbolic watershed in the War on Terror and shaped global security policy for years to come.
On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. - summary
India2008Wars
Coordinated attacks across Mumbai killed over 160 people and escalated India-Pakistan tensions to near-war threshold.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks, colloquially known as 26/11, were a coordinated series of twelve Islamic terrorist attacks carried out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, from 26 to 29 November 2008 by ten members of the Lashkar-… - 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
Global2008
On this day (07/13), 18 years ago: Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
The Battle of Wanat took place on July 13, 2008, when around 200 Taliban insurgents attacked American troops stationed in the Waygal district of Afghanistan's far eastern Nuristan province. - summary
Global2008
On this day (08/01), 18 years ago: Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. - summary
Global2008
On this day (08/01), 18 years ago: The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
The Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway is a Chinese high-speed railway that runs 117 kilometres (72.7 mi) line between Beijing and Tianjin. - summary
Global2007
On this day (08/01), 19 years ago: The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile downstream from the Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U… - summary
Global2005
On this day (07/29), 21 years ago: Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Eris is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. - summary
Global2002
On this day (05/24), 24 years ago: Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), also known as the Treaty of Moscow, was a strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States … - summary
Global2001
On this day (07/14), 25 years ago: Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British tourist Peter Falconio and abducted his girlfriend in the Northern Territory.
Bradley John Murdoch was an Australian criminal who served a sentence of life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. - summary
Global1998
On this day (07/12), 28 years ago: France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
The France national football team represents France in men's international football. - 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
Global1996
On this day (07/28), 30 years ago: The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
Prehistory, sometimes referred to as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. - 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
Global1994
On this day (05/24), 32 years ago: Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
On February 26, 1993, Ramzi Yousef and associates carried out a van bomb terrorist attack below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. - summary
Global1993
On this day (08/01), 33 years ago: The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
The Great Flood of 1993 was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993. - summary
Global1992
On this day (05/23), 34 years ago: Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
Giovanni Falcone was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. - summary
Global1992
On this day (08/12), 34 years ago: Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The North American Free Trade Agreement, referred to colloquially in the Anglosphere as NAFTA, was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. - summary