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 Central; it ran until 2014.
1972
American rapper and...
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 age 77.
1968
During the awards ceremony for the...
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 crewed spaceflight; Shenzhou 5, which was piloted...
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 Center; its 12-mile journey through the city...
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 Turin, Italy, announced that carbon-14 dating indicated...
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 refuel in the Yemeni port of Aden,...
This Day in History
Shimla, Keekli Bureau Oct.6
2000
Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Kōbe earthquake of 1995, but damage and casualties were relatively low because...
This Month in History
Each day witnesses something new which quietly slips into the folds of history with the setting Sun. If History was to open its chapters, each day would unfold a series of...