Tag: This day that year
This Day in History
Shimla, Jan
2010
Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, officially opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2007
U.S. politician Nancy Pelosi was elected speaker of the House of...
This Day in History
Shimla
2004
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on Mars to study the chemical and physical composition of the planet's surface.
2001
Hillary Clinton was sworn in as...
This Day in History
2011
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) debuted on television.
1994
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, eliminating most tariffs and other trade barriers...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 31
2019
The World Health Organization first learned of “viral pneumonia” cases in Wuhan, China; the disease was later determined to be COVID-19, which...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec 28
2016
American actress and singer Debbie Reynolds died, a day after the sudden and unexpected death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 27 Keekli Bureau
2015
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly—who was a leading exponent of the hard-edge style, in which abstract contours are...
