Tag: on this day

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2003 The Human Genome Project is completed In October 1990, the project to map the genes of the human ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters Tournament The 21-year-old athlete was also the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1988 The Last Emperor receives nine Academy Awards The last Chinese Emperor Puyi was the subject of Bernardo Bertolucci's ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uranium The Iranian nuclear program has sparked considerable debate. Several ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2010 The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, dies in a plane crash Several senior officials, members of the Polish ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles Charles previously married Diana, Princess of Wales. With his second marriage to ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2005 Over 4 million people pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II Pope Karol Józef Wojtya of ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1990 An arson attack on the passenger ferry, Scandinavian Star, kills 159 Insurance fraud is now thought to be ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1994 The Rwandan genocide begins The assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira sparked a ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1979 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed The former President of Pakistan was deposed in a coup. Despite international calls ...