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Global2005
On this day (08/02), 21 years ago: Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. - summary
Global2001
On this day (08/24), 25 years ago: Microsoft makes the RTM release of Windows XP.
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. - summary
Global1996
On this day (05/20), 30 years ago: Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in the United States have developed over time, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. - summary
Global1993
On this day (07/25), 33 years ago: The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
Eleven members of the congregation were killed and 58 wounded. - summary
Japan1989Disasters
Japan's Nikkei index reached an all-time high at 38,957, marking the apex of the bubble before the Lost Decade of deflation and stagnation.
More specifically, over-confidence and speculation regarding asset and stock prices were associated with financial policy deemed to exacerbate them. - summary
Poland1989Protests
For nearly a decade, Solidarity had existed in the shadows. - summary
United States1969Festivals
Half a million counterculture youth gathered in upstate New York for three days that became the defining symbol of 1960s peace and rock culture.
Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite overcast skies and sporadic rain. - summary
United States1967Disasters
The fatal cabin fire that killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee exposed critical safety flaws in the Apollo command module.
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. - summary
United States1963Protests
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech before 250,000 marchers became the moral center of the American civil rights movement.
At the march, several popular singers of the time, including Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson, performed and many of the movement's leaders gave speeches. - summary
East Germany1961Wars
The erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961, became the defining symbol of Cold War division and remained a flashpoint of global tension for nearly three decades.
On August 13, 1961, East German authorities began erecting a barrier that would divide Berlin for nearly three decades. - summary
Singapore1960Launches
The founding of the Stock Exchange of Singapore on June 23, 1960, laid the institutional groundwork for the city-state's rise as a regional financial center.
It provides full integration of transactions, offering a wide range of currency exchange and related services, including trading, settlement, clearing and savings services. - summary
Egypt1956Wars
British and French forces invaded Egypt over nationalization of the Suez Canal, marking the twilight of European imperial power.
In July 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, triggering one of the Cold War's messiest interventions. - summary
Indonesia1955Protests
The Bandung Conference of April 1955 brought together leaders from 29 Asian and African nations-most freshly liberated from colonial rule-to a conference in Indonesia's second-largest city. - summary
Global1947Revolutions
Two nations, one bloodbath, zero plan for what came next.
The British had ruled India for nearly two centuries, but by the 1940s the independence movement had become impossible to ignore. - summary
United States1929Disasters
On the morning of February 14, 1929, in a Lincoln Park garage at 2122 North Clark Street, seven men affiliated with George "Bugs" Moran's North Side Gang were lined up against a wall and shot dead by men dressed as po… - summary
France1919Wars
How Allied victors carved up Germany and sowed the seeds of World War II.
President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French Premier Georges Clemenceau-plus representatives from Italy, Japan, and twenty other nations. - summary
Austria-Hungary1914Wars
The July Crisis escalated into continental war after Franz Ferdinand's assassination, killing millions and redrawing the political map of Europe.
Major areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. - summary
Russia1905Wars
Cossack troops' massacre of peaceful workers in St. Petersburg sparked the 1905 Revolution and exposed the fragility of tsarist authority.
9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicho… - summary
Japan1894Wars
Japan's decisive naval victory over China in September 1894 signaled the rise of a new regional power and the decline of Chinese imperial dominance in East Asia.
Four days later, the Battle off Ulsan similarly ended the Vladivostok group's sortie, forcing both fleets to remain at anchor. - summary
Japan1894Wars
Japan, having spent 25 years modernizing its military after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, faced China-still the regional giant but creaking under internal decay and foreign encroachment. - summary