Tag: Soviet Union
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 13 Keekli Bureau
2015
American basketball player Moses Malone—who was a dominating centre and the NBA's premier offensive rebounder during the 1980s, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a championship in 1983—died...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 12 Keekli Bureau
2014
Politician Ian Paisley—who was a militant Protestant leader in the factional conflict that divided Northern Ireland from the 1960s until the early 21st century—died in Belfast.
2003
Country music...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 11 Keekli Bureau
2008
A major fire erupted in the Channel Tunnel, which runs under the English Channel and connects England with France, and the Chunnel (as it was sometimes called)...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 10 Keekli Bureau
2008
The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, conducted its first test operation.
2000
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats closed after 7,485 performances; it was the longest-running...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 9 Keekli Bureau
2015
Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in British history, surpassing Victoria's record reign of 63 years and 216 days.
1998
Special Prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr sent to Congress the...
This Day In History
Shimla, Sept. 8 Keekli Bureau
2003
German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl—who was perhaps the finest and most-influential female director of the 20th century, but her association with Adolf Hitler made her almost as much...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 4 Keekli Bureau
2016
Mother Teresa, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace, was canonized by Pope Francis I.
2014
American entertainer...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 3 Keekli Bureau
2012
Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco—who was a leading figure in the Miami drug scene in the 1970s and early '80s and was known as the “Godmother of...
This Day in History
Shimla, Sept. 2 Keekli Bureau
2005
American actor Bob Denver, who was perhaps best known for portraying the title character in the hit TV series Gilligan's Island (1964–67), died in North Carolina.
1998
Swissair flight...
This Day in History
Shimla, Aug 25 Keekli Bureau
2018
American politician John McCain—who developed a reputation as a political maverick while serving in Congress for some 35 years and during his failed bid for the presidency...
This Day in History
Shimla, Aug 16 Keekli Bureau
2018
American singer Aretha Franklin, who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s and was known as the “Queen of Soul,” died at age 76.
2016
Brazilian...
This Day in History
Shimla, Aug 15 Keekli Bureau
2013
Scientists at the Smithsonian announced the discovery of the olinguito, “the first carnivore species to be discovered in the American continents in 35 years”; the small arboreal...