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Egypt2500 BCEFestivals
The monumental limestone sculpture stands as one of antiquity's greatest engineering feats and endures as an emblem of human ambition and organizational capacity.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. - summary
Indonesia2023Wars
A maritime boundary disagreement escalated tensions between neighbors over valuable seabed resources and raised concerns about regional stability in Southeast Asia.
Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilo… - summary
Global2019
On this day (07/21), 7 years ago: Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
The 2019 Yuen Long attack, also known as the 721 incident, refers to a mob attack that occurred in Yuen Long, a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong, on the evening of 21 July 2019. - summary
Thailand2018Disasters
The dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave captivated global audiences and showcased international cooperation under extreme conditions.
Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old assistant coach entered the cave on 23 June after a practice session. - summary
United States2013Disasters
Location of finish line: Boylston Street, Boston - key fact
Global2013
On this day (07/24), 13 years ago: Santiago de Compostela derailment: A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
On 24 July 2013, an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed on a bend about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. - summary
Global2012
On this day (05/28), 14 years ago: The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people.
Fifteen people were killed. - summary
United States2000Disasters
The collapse of inflated internet stock valuations wiped trillions from markets and ended a decade of speculative excess.
Flash crashes are frequently blamed by media on trades executed by black-box trading, combined with high-frequency trading, whose speed and interconnectedness can result in the loss and recovery of billions of dollars… - summary
Global1996
On this day (07/25), 30 years ago: In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. - summary
Global1973
On this day (08/02), 53 years ago: A flash fire kills 50 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
Fifty people were killed and 80 seriously injured. - summary
Soviet Union1961Tech launches
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit aboard Vostok 1, establishing Soviet supremacy in the Space Race and proving human spaceflight was viable.
First man In Space is a 2013 Russian docudrama biopic about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the 1961 mission of Vostok 1. - summary
Soviet Union1961Tech launches
Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin's orbital flight marked humanity's first venture into space and ignited the Space Race with profound geopolitical stakes.
Vostok 1 was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. - summary
Soviet Union1957Tech launches
The USSR's orbital satellite shocked the West and unleashed the Space Race, fundamentally reshaping Cold War competition and spurring technological innovation.
Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. - summary
India1950Elections
India launched the world's largest democratic election system under Dr. Rajendra Prasad, enabling voting across a newly independent nation of 350 million.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body that is empowered to conduct free and fair elections in India. - summary
United Kingdom1930Disasters
The city's relationship with fog was almost romantic in Victorian literature-that useful obscurity that softened the edges of gas lamps and hansom cabs. - summary
United States1925Protests
In the spring of 1925, Tennessee had just passed the Butler Act, a law making it illegal to teach any theory that denied the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible. - summary
United States1921Disasters
But on May 30, 1921, a young Black man named Dick Rowland entered an elevator operated by Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white woman. - summary
India1905
British India allows limited elections to the Imperial Legislative Council, sparking nationalist fervor.
The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. - summary
Greece1896Sports
Baron Pierre de Coubertin and his colleagues at the International Olympic Committee, founded in Paris on June 23, 1894, had engineered a deliberate pivot away from the nationalist fervor of the 19th century toward wha… - summary
France1830Wars
France's military conquest of Algeria initiated 132 years of colonial rule and marked the beginning of French imperial expansion in North Africa.
The French conquest of Algeria took place between 1830 and 1847. - summary