Tag: History
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 27 Keekli Bureau
2015
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly—who was a leading exponent of the hard-edge style, in which abstract contours are sharply and precisely defined—died in Spencertown, New...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 27 Keekli Bureau
Today Boxing Day
Boxing Day is celebrated as a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
2006
American politician Gerald R. Ford—who was the 38th...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 25
2006
American singer and songwriter James Brown, known as “the Godfather of Soul,” died at the age of 73.Test your knowledge of music
1991
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the presidency of the Soviet...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 24
2008
English playwright Harold Pinter, who achieved international renown—and was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature—as one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II dramatists, died at...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 23 Keekli Bureau
2013
Russian weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov—who invented the AK-47 (automatic Kalashnikov Model 1947), an assault rifle that became one of the most successful and ubiquitous firearms of the...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 22 Keekli Bureau
2010
U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy regarding the service of homosexuals in the military; it took effect the following...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 21
2012
The music video for South Korean singer Psy's humorous pop song Gangnam Style became the first video on YouTube to garner one billion views.
1988
Pan Am flight 103 exploded over...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 19 Keekli Bureau
2012
Park Geun-Hye became the first female to be elected president of South Korea; she was sworn into office the following year; however, she also became the country's...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 18 Keekli Bureau
2019
President Donald Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, which charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
2011
Czech...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 17 Keekli Bureau
2014
The United States and Cuba reestablished diplomatic relations that had been in abeyance for more than 50 years.
2011
North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died; he was succeeded...
This Day In History
Shimla, Dec. 16, Keekli Bureau
2014
Members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the Pakistani branch of the Taliban, attacked a school in Peshawar, killing 150 people, at least 134 of whom were children.
2009
Avatar, a science-fiction...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec.15 Keekli Bureau
2011
The Iraq War officially ended as the United States formally declared that its mission in the country was over.
2001
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened in Pisa, Italy, after...