Tag: today in history
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...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov. 10 Keekli Bureau
2019
Bolivian labour leader Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia, resigned under pressure after monitors claimed that the election—for...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov 8 Keekli Bureau
2016
Despite trailing in most polls, Republican Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States, though his Democratic...
This Day in History
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....
This Day in History
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...
This Day in History
Shimla, Oct 31, Keekli Bureau
Today
Although Halloween, celebrated this day, is now observed largely as a secular holiday, it is, as the eve of All...
