Tag: Events of today

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1972 Home Box Office launched The premium TV channel, colloquially known as HBO, is the country's first paid television ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1987 Coup in Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took over the presidency of Tunisia from President Habib Bourguiba ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1999 Australians reject a referendum to become a republic with a president as its head The referendum was ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2009 13 killed at Fort Hood, Texas Major Malik Hasan opened fire on the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2008 Barack Obama is elected Obama is the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1978 Dominica gains independence After being colonized by the British in 1805, the Caribbean Island nation gained independence. 1973 NASA ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1982 Ronald Reagan signs a bill to create Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Every year on the third Monday ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1993 Maastricht Treaty comes into force The Maastricht Treaty that created a common currency, the Euro, for European Union ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2011 Day of Seven Billion On this day, the world's official population surpassed 7 billion. It was designated as ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2014 Sweden Recognizes Palestine It became the first EU country in Western Europe to do so by recognizing the ...