Jair Bolsonaro
2023
Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress..
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La Vega raid
Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.
2021
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
2020
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
2016
West Air Sweden Flight 294
West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
2016
Gabby Giffords
2011
Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge..
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
2010
2009 Cinchona earthquake
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
2009
USS San Francisco (SSN-711)
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
2005
Queen Mary 2
The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2004
Turkish Airlines Flight 634
2003
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers..
Air Midwest Flight 5481
Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
2003
George W. Bush
President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
2002
Antonov An-32
An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
1996
Astronaut
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
1994
Kegworth air disaster
1989
Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board..
Breakup of the Bell System
Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
1982
Trans-en-Provence case
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
1981
1977 Moscow bombings
Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
1977
Ella Grasso
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
1975
Soviet Union
1973
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched..
Watergate scandal
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
1973
President of Pakistan
Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
1972
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
1964
1961 French referendum on Algerian self-determination
In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
1961
Charles de Gaulle
1959
Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic..
Operation Auca
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact.
1956
Andrei Zhdanov
Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan.
1946
Commonwealth of the Philippines
World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.
1945
World War II
World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
1940
Kashf-e hijab
1936
Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public..
Anarchist insurrection of January 1933
Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain.
1933
Bảo Đại
Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.
1926
Ibn Saud
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
1926
1919 General Steel Strike
The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
1920
Woodrow Wilson
1918
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I..
African National Congress
The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
1912
William McKinley
President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
1900
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
1889
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
1877
African Americans
1867
The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C..
American Civil War
American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
1863
Andrew Jackson
US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time.
1835
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
1828
War of 1812
War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1815
Charles Deslondes
1811
Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana..
Dutch Cape Colony
The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
1806
George Washington
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
1790
Jacobite rising of 1745
Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
1746
George Frideric Handel
The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1735
Lithuanian language
1547
The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg..
Louis XII
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
1499
Papal bull
The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.
1454
François Grimaldi
François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
1297
Æthelred I of Wessex
Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
871
Emperor Huai of Jin
307
Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying..