Tag: This Day in History
This Day in History
2019
More than 1.5 million students participated in climate change protests around the world as part of Fridays for Future, a movement started by Swedish...
This Day in History
Shimla, March
2015
American architect and designer Michael Graves, who was one of the principal figures of the postmodernist movement, died at age 80.
2009
American hedge-fund investment...
This Day in History
2010
American director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008).
1999
American director and writer...
This Day in History
American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote—who evoked American life in beautifully observed minimal stories and was perhaps best known for his adaptation of To...
This Day in History
2009
President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated by government soldiers, following years of unrest between Vieira and the military.
1999
British singer Dusty Springfield—who made...
This Day in History
2015
American actor Leonard Nimoy—who was best known for his portrayal of the stoic, cerebral Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and film franchise Star...
