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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
