Tag: History

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1978 Naomi Uemura becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone The Japanese explorer is also ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1993 CERN announces that World Wide Web protocols will remain free The European organization ensured the spread of the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention becomes effective Chemical weapons production, storage, and use are all prohibited under the arms ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2004 The first Abu Ghraib torture pictures are published Images broadcast on 60 Minutes II showed gross human rights ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first time The double-deck airliner is the world's largest ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 Syria ends its military occupation of Lebanon after 29 years Syria yielded to domestic and international pressure following ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S. During the outbreak, which included 358 confirmed tornadoes, 348 ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2013 1129 people die in Bangladesh in the worst building collapse disaster in modern history The structure was used ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 The first YouTube video is posted The 18-second "Me at the Zoo" video features co-founder Jawed Karim at ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1997 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends after 126 days The Peruvian troops involved in the successful raid were ...