Tag: This Day in History

Delhi, Nov.11 2004 Yasser Arafat—who was president (1996–2004) of the Palestinian Authority (PA), chairman (1969–2004) of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah, the largest of the constituent PLO groups—died in...

Shimla, Nov. 9 Keekli Bureau 2004 Swedish writer and activist Stieg Larsson died from a heart attack in Stockholm, a year before The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first installment in his...

Shimla, Nov 7. Keekli Bureau 2016 American Attorney and public official Janet Reno, who was the first female attorney general (1993–2001) of the United States, died at age 78. 2000 American politician Hillary Clinton was...

Shimla, Nov. 6 Keekli Bureau 2012 American politician Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, became the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate. 2000 American environmentalist David Brower, who spent nearly...

Shimla, Nov.5 Keekli Bureau 2013 India launched its first interplanetary spacecraft, the Mars Orbiter Mission, which was unmanned. 1998 The journal Nature published a report that DNA testing had confirmed (still disputed by some) that...

Shimla, Nov. 3 Keekli Bureau 2016 After trailing in the series 3–1, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians to capture the franchise's first World Series title in 108 years; the extra-inning game...

Shimla, Oct, 28 Keekli Bureau 2007 Argentine lawyer and politician Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman elected president of Argentina. 1971 Great Britain launched Prospero, its first Earth satellite. 1967 American actress Julia Roberts, whose...

Shimla, Oct. 25 2002 Irish actor Richard Harris—who was notable not only for his formidable talent in portraying the intense, volatile, and rebellious hell-raising characters that established his image but also for conducting...

Shimla, Oct. 24 Keekli Bureau 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, who had won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her charity work. 1987 The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 23 percent,...

Shimla Oct. 21 Keekli Bureau 2018 American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who starred in such sitcoms as Seinfeld and Veep, was officially awarded the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest...

Shimla, Oct. 20 Keekli Bureau 2014 Dominican-born American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta—whose work, blending European luxury with American ease, helped define standards of elegant dressing among socialites, U.S. first ladies, and...

Shimla, Oct 19 Keekli Bureau 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, who had won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her charity work. 1987 The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 23 percent,...