Today in History
Today in History: January 16, Operation Desert Storm commences
Today is Monday, January 16, the 16th day of 2023. There are 349 days left in the year. This is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Today in History: January 9, Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
Today in History: December 16, Great White Fleet begins 14-month round-the-world voyage
Today in History: December 15, ‘Gone With the Wind’ premieres
Today is Thursday, December 15, the 349th day of 2022. There are 16 days left in the year.
Today in History: December 14, Obama-era ‘net neutrality’ rules repealed
Today is Wednesday, December 14, the 348th day of 2022. There are 17 days left in the year.
Today in History: December 13, Nanjing falls to Japanese forces
Today in History: December 12, Paris climate accord adopted
Today is Monday, December 12, the 346th day of 2022. There are 19 days left in the year.
Pricey pants from 1857 go for $114k, raise Levi’s questions
RENO, Nevada — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction officials describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world have sold for $114,000.
Today in History: December 9, Tennyson’s ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ was published
Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2022. There are 24 days left in the year.
Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment is ratified
Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95
Today is Monday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2022. There are 26 days left in the year.
Today in History: December 2, Enron files for Chapter 11 protection
Today is Friday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2022. There are 29 days left in the year.
Today in History: December 1, Rosa Parks arrested
Today is Thursday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2022. There are 30 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 30, birth of Andres Bonifacio
Today in History: November 29, Sand Creek Massacre
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2022. There are 32 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 28, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean
Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2022. There are 33 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 25, Fidel Castro dies at 90
Today is Friday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2022. There are 36 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 24, Darwin publishes ‘On the Origin of Species’
Today is Thursday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2022. There are 37 days left in the year. Today is Thanksgiving.
Today in History: November 23, first issue of Life magazine published
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2022. There are 38 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 22, JFK is assassinated
Today is Tuesday, November 22, the 326th day of 2022. There are 39 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 21, Watergate tape-recordings gap revealed
Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2022. There are 40 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 20, Windows 1.0 released
Today is Sunday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2022. There are 41 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 19, Lincoln speaks at Gettysburg
Today is Saturday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2022. There are 42 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 18, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ was first published
Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2022. There are 43 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 17, Suez Canal opens
Today is Thursday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2022. There are 44 days left in the year.
Today in History: November 16, Democrats embraced Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history
Today is Wednesday, November 16, the 320th day of 2022. There are 45 days left in the year.
Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE
SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, officials announced Thursday.
Today in History: October 17, Einstein arrives in the US
Today in History: October 16, Cuban missile crisis begins
Today is Sunday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2022. There are 76 days left in the year.
A look at some of the world’s major crowd disasters
Police fired tear gas after violence broke out at an Indonesian soccer match in East Java province when Persebaya Surabaya beat Arema Malang 3-2. Panic and a rush for the exit left at least 125 dead, most of whom were trampled, police said Sunday. Here’s a look at some of the major crowd disasters in recent decades:
Japanese leader’s trip to China in 1972 was diplomatic gamble
The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, a former Japanese foreign minister.
Today in History: May 10, 2021
Today is Monday, May 10, the 130th day of 2021. There are 235 days left in the year.
Today In History: April 28, 2021
Today is Wednesday, April 28, the 118th day of 2021. There are 247 days left in the year.
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Today in History: March 18, 2021
Today is Thursday, March 18, the 77th day of 2021. There are 288 days left in the year.