Tag: This Day in History
This Day in the History
Shimla, Oct 17, Keekli Bureau
2018
Recreational marijuana became legal in Canada.
2005
The Colbert Report—an ironic send-up of television news programs, hosted by Stephen Colbert—debuted on Comedy...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 16 Keekli Bureau
2003
Hungarian boxer László Papp—who was the first three-time Olympic boxing champion, winning gold medals in 1948, 1952, and 1956—died at...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 15 Keekli Bureau
2018
American investor and philanthropist Paul Allen, who cofounded Microsoft, died at age 65.
2003
China became the third country to launch a...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 14 Keekli Bureau
2012
Two days after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, the space shuttle Endeavour reached its final destination, the California Space...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 13 Keekli Bureau
2010
Amid great fanfare, Chilean workers are rescued 69 days after their mine collapsed in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
1988
The archbishop of...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 12 Keekli Bureau
2001
The centennial Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the United Nations and the organization's secretary-general, Kofi Annan.
2000
While preparing to...
