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Pakistan2600 BCESports
The Indus Valley civilization's grid-planned cities and standardized weights reveal organized athletic competitions and civic games recorded in seals.
Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 kilometres west of Sahiwal, that takes its name from a modern village near the former course of the Ravi River. - summary
Pakistan2500 BCESports
Terracotta figurines and game boards from Mohenjo-daro provide the earliest archaeological evidence of organized recreational sports in urban civilizations.
The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. - summary
Australia2022Sports
The tennis star's visa cancellation over vaccine refusal became a flashpoint in the anti-vax movement and Australian immigration politics.
He has won 101 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including a record 24 majors, a record 40 Masters, a record seven year-end championships, and an Olympic gold medal. - summary
Iran2020Wars
A U.S. drone strike killed Iran's most powerful military commander in Baghdad, pushing the Middle East toward direct confrontation between superpowers.
president Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. - summary
Global2019
On this day (08/03), 7 years ago: Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. - summary
Global2018
On this day (07/28), 8 years ago: Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Wendy Tuck is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia. - summary
Global2016
On this day (05/28), 10 years ago: Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. - summary
Global2014
On this day (08/02), 12 years ago: At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
The 2014 Kunshan explosion was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. - summary
Vatican City2013
The first papal resignation in six centuries shocked the Catholic Church and ushered in the Francis era of reform.
Pope Benedict XVI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. - summary
Global2013
On this day (07/13), 13 years ago: Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.
It is the seventh named storm and the first typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. - 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
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
United States2006Tech launches
Intel's dual-core breakthrough enabled mainstream multi-threaded computing, accelerating the shift toward energy-efficient processors and mobile proliferation.
These processors displaced the existing mid- to high-end Pentium processors at the time of their introduction, moving the Pentium to the mid-range budget market. - summary
Global2002
On this day (05/22), 24 years ago: Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. - 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
United States2000Disasters
Overvalued internet companies collapsed en masse, wiping out trillions in market value and ending an era of speculative excess.
The dot-com bubble was a stock market bubble that developed during the late 1990s and peaked on March 10, 2000. - summary
Global1992
On this day (07/18), 34 years ago: A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Their main claim to fame is that a photograph of them was the earliest photographic image shared on the World Wide Web. - summary
United States1989Disasters
The worst U.S. environmental catastrophe of its era galvanized modern ocean-spill liability and conservation law.
Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. - summary
Global1988
On this day (08/01), 38 years ago: A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1970 to 1979. - summary
Global1986
On this day (05/19), 40 years ago: The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 is a United States federal law that revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968. - summary