Tag: History

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1979 - Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Hits the Bookstores The first in a “trilogy of ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2000 - 100th Mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program Also known as the Space Transportation System or STS, ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2010 - The Country of Netherlands Antilles is Dissolved The Caribbean Dutch dependency, also sometimes known as the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2012 - Assassination Attempt on Malala Yousafzai The Pakistani education activist was shot at and injured while returning ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1956 - The first perfect game in Major League Baseball World Series New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitched ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2001 - War in Afghanistan begins American and British troops began air strikes against Al Qaeda, and Taliban ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2007 - First successful human-powered attempt to circumnavigate the world Englishman Jason Lewis set out on the journey, ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2000 - Bulldozer Revolution in former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown after hundreds of ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1992 - End of the Mozambican Civil War The 15-year-long civil war was fought between the Mozambique Resistance ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1995 - OJ Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman The former ...