Tag: This Day in History
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
2015
A landmark climate change agreement was reached at a UN conference in Paris as 195 countries agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions; the accord effectively replaced the Kyoto Protocol.
2009
With the victory...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 9 Keekli Bureau
2016
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was impeached by the National Assembly amid allegations of corruption; she left office the following year, after the country's Constitutional Court upheld...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 8 Keekli Bureau
2016
American astronaut and politician John Glenn—who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, for which he was regarded as a national hero—died at age 95.
2010
The American...
This Day In History
Shimla, Dec. 6 Keekli Bureau
2006
NASA released images—taken by the Mars Global Surveyor—that indicated the relatively recent presence of water on Mars.
1992
The Babri Masjid (“Mosque of Bābur”) in Ayodhya was destroyed by...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec.5 Keekli Bureau
2017
The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Games in P'yŏngch'ang, South Korea, after uncovering a Russian state-sponsored doping program.
2013
South African nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela,...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 4 Keekli Bureau
2000
Surinamese politician Henck Arron, who helped Suriname gain its independence (1975) from the Netherlands and served as prime minister (1973–80) until being overthrown by the military, died...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 3
2000
Gwendolyn Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who spoke of and to the everyday struggles and triumphs of African Americans, died in Chicago.
1967
Christiaan Barnard of South Africa performed the first...