Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
2019
A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered..
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List of traffic collisions (2000–present)
A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.
2015
January 2013 Pakistan bombings
More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.
2013
2012 Khyber Agency bombing
A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.
2012
2007 Guinean general strike
A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
2007
North Korea
2003
North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty..
Crossair Flight 498
Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people.
2000
WarnerMedia
Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
1990
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
1985
Holy See–United States relations
Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
1984
Salvadoran Civil War
1981
Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments..
The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids.
1980
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1972
Tashkent Declaration
Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1966
BOAC Flight 781
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.
1954
Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
1946
The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented..
United States Army Signal Corps
The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1946
World War II
World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1941
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
1927
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.
1920
Covenant of the League of Nations
1920
League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany..
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party are rescued after being stranded for several months.
1917
World War I
World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire's Third Army.
1916
Texas
The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1901
Automobile Club of America
New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
1901
Plan of Tuxtepec
1876
The Plan of Tuxtepec is announced..
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1870
Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
1863
American Civil War
American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
1861
New Orleans (steamboat)
The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
1812
Siege of Dunlap's Station
1791
The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War..
Thomas Paine
American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
1776
William Laud
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
1645
Stephen the Great
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1475
Philip the Good
Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
1430
Robert Guiscard
1072
Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans..
Pope Fabian
Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
236
AD 69
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
69
0s
The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
9
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
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