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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
United States2012Tech launches
Pebble's record-breaking Kickstarter campaign pioneered crowdfunding for consumer electronics and validated the smartwatch market category.
Pebble is a series of smartwatches sold by Pebble Technology Corporation of Palo Alto, California from 2013 until 2016, and by Core Devices since 2025. - summary
Global2010
On this day (07/28), 16 years ago: Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
On 28 July 2010, the Airbus A321 jet airliner serving the flight crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, while approaching Benazir Bhutto International Airport. - 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
Global2002
On this day (07/28), 24 years ago: Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. - summary
Global2001
On this day (09/12), 25 years ago: Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
Ansett Australia, originally Ansett Airways, was a major Australian airline group based in Melbourne, Victoria. - 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.
Les Horribles Cernettes was an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled "the one and only High Energy Rock Band", which was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events. - summary
United Kingdom1982Wars
Argentina's invasion of the British Falkland Islands sparked a ten-week conflict that reshaped geopolitics in the South Atlantic and tested Cold War alignments.
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South … - summary
Global1976
On this day (08/01), 50 years ago: Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. - summary
United States1974Tech launches
The Altair 8800 arrives as the first commercially successful personal computer, igniting the microcomputer revolution and attracting garage entrepreneurs who would build the software industry.
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game focused on weapon-based combat seen from a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through the eyes of the main character. - summary
Germany1972Sports
Palestinian gunmen took Israeli athletes hostage during the Munich Olympics, killing 11 in a siege that shattered the Games' peaceful ideal.
The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. - summary
United States1966Tech launches
The Surveyor 1 probe achieved the first soft landing on the Moon, proving a crewed landing was possible and paving the way for Apollo.
A lunar module is a lunar lander designed to allow astronauts to travel between a spacecraft in lunar orbit and the lunar surface. - summary
United States1965Protests
Malcolm X's murder on February 21, 1965, in New York marked a critical turning point in the civil rights movement and Black nationalist organizing.
Malcolm X, a Muslim African American minister and Black power activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City, on Februa… - summary
Japan1964Tech launches
Honda's debut in Formula One marked Japan's arrival in international motorsport and the beginning of a manufacturing legend's global ambitions.
Honda's entry into Formula One in 1964 marked Japan's first serious attempt to compete at motorsport's highest level. - summary
United Kingdom1963Elections
Secretary of State John Profumo's resignation over a security scandal triggered the most damaging political crisis in post-war British governance and reshaped public trust.
John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with then 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. - summary
Austria1950Wars
Five years after Nazi defeat, Austria's most notorious death camp was formally recognized as a memorial site, anchoring postwar reckoning with genocide.
Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria. - summary
Germany1949Elections
The German Democratic Republic was formally proclaimed, partitioning Germany and locking in Cold War division for four decades.
Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist workers' and peasants' state. - summary
India1947Revolutions
Gandhi and Nehru's nonviolent independence movement ended 200 years of British colonial rule and created the world's largest democracy.
The independence came after a decades-long independence movement led by figures like Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, who leveraged civil disobedience, political negotiation, and sustained pressure on a Britain e… - summary
United States1946Tech launches
ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, became operational at the University of Pennsylvania, launching the modern computing age.
First Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Jacksonville, Arkansas. - summary