Tag: This day that year
This Day in History
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...
This Day in History
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...
This Day in History
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...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct. 23 Keekli Bureau
2003
Soong Mei-ling, the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and a powerful political figure in her own...
This Day in History
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...
This Day in History
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...
