Tag: This day that year
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...
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)...
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...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec 2, Keekli Bureau
2014
Canadian ice hockey player Jean Béliveau, considered one of the game's greatest centres, noted for his prolific scoring, died at...
This Day in History
Shimla, Dec. 1 Keekli Bureau
2000
Vicente Fox was inaugurated as president of Mexico, ending the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which had ruled since...
This Day in History
2018
American politician George H.W. Bush, who was the 41st president of the United States (1989–93), died at the age of 94.
2007
American motorcycle daredevil Evel...
