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United States2010Disasters
The catastrophic platform failure spills 4.9 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history and reshaping offshore drilling policy.
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil fie… - summary
Canada2010Sports
Olympic Games showcased modern winter sports on North American soil amid record digital engagement.
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Colum… - summary
Global2010
On this day (05/22), 16 years ago: Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610.
On 22 May 2010, the Boeing 737-800 passenger jet operating the flight crashed on landing at Mangalore. - summary
Pakistan2007Protests
The former prime minister's killing during a rally sparked nationwide unrest and destabilized Pakistan's democratic trajectory at a critical juncture.
Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. - summary
Global2006
On this day (07/15), 20 years ago: Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. - summary
United States2005Tech launches
YouTube democratized video publishing and created the dominant platform for audiovisual content distribution, reshaping media and culture.
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. - summary
Greece2004Sports
Greece returns Olympic hosting to its spiritual birthplace after 108 years, delivering the largest summer games by athlete count and setting new security benchmarks.
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, and officially branded as Athens 2004, were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. - summary
United Kingdom2000Festivals
Britain's £789 million centennial celebration became an emblem of millennial optimism and architectural ambition.
The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. - summary
Portugal1998Festivals
Lisbon's world exposition celebrating the ocean marked Portugal's cultural resurgence and repositioning as a modern European nation.
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. - summary
Japan1998Sports
The first Winter Olympics to allow professional athletes saw the U.S. women's hockey team capture gold in a transformative moment for the sport.
Nagano Winter Olympics '98, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics in Nagano , is a multi-event sports game from Konami. - summary
United States1996Sports
Atlanta hosted the centennial Olympic Games, marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing yet celebrated for Muhammad Ali's torch lighting and record television viewership.
The 1996 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. - summary
United Kingdom1996Tech launches
Scottish scientists cloned a sheep from adult DNA, breaching the apparent barrier to reproductive cloning and sparking urgent bioethical debates that persist today.
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996. - summary
Global1994
On this day (07/19), 32 years ago: Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is destroyed by a bomb after takeoff from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in Colón, Panama, killing 21.
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901, registered HP-1202AC, was an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante aircraft flying en route from Colón city to Panama City which exploded shortly after departing Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport, on … - summary
Global1993
On this day (05/19), 33 years ago: SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
SAM Colombia Flight 501 was a Boeing 727-46 that crashed on 19 May 1993, killing all 132 on board. - summary
Netherlands1992Elections
The treaty transformed the European Economic Community into a union with political and monetary ambitions.
Concluded in 1992 between the then-twelve member states of the European Communities, it announced "a new stage in the process of European integration" chiefly in provisions for a shared European citizenship, for the e… - summary
Global1992
On this day (07/31), 34 years ago: China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashes during takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108.
On July 31, 1992, the Yakovlev Yak-42D overran runway 06 during takeoff and impacted an embankment at 210 kilometres per hour, 420 metres (1,380 ft) from the threshold. - summary
Germany1990Revolutions
German Reunification Treaty Signed
German reunification, also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 Oc… - summary
Poland1989Elections
Solidarity's electoral victory shattered communist rule in Eastern Europe and triggered the Soviet bloc's cascading collapse.
First Free Settlers Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Sandgate Road, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. - summary
