Tag: History

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2008 Bernard Madoff arrested The founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, popularly known as Bernie ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2007 Argentina swears in first female elected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the first elected female President of ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1979 Smallpox declared eradicated Smallpox was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization after a series of concentrated vaccination ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1991 Belavezha Accords signed The Belavezha Accords, which disbanded the USSR and replaced it with the Commonwealth of Independent ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2004 Hamid Karzai takes office In Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections, the Afghan politician was elected President of the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana The Republic of Botswana was never recognized internationally. After a series of ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 UK's Civil Partnership Act of 2004 comes into force The Civil Partnership Act of the United Kingdom entered ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1991 Pan Am ceases operations The Pan American World Airways, the largest airline in the United States began operations ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster A gas leak from a Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2001 Enron Files for Bankruptcy After reports of widespread accounting fraud became public, the Houston, Texas-based energy company filed ...