Tag: today in history
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov. 27, Keekli Bureau
2014
British mystery novelist P.D. James—who earned the sobriquet “Queen of Crime,” primarily for her 14 novels featuring the fictional detective...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov. 26 Keekli Bureau
2008
Ten gunmen—who were believed to be connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist organization—launched a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov 25 Keekli Bureau
2016
Cuban political leader Fidel Castro, who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere and became...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov. 24 Keekli Bureau
2001
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ratified changes to the country's legal code that made women equal to men before...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov 22 Keekli Bureau
2005
German politician Angela Merkel was sworn in as the country's chancellor, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
1995
Pixar's Toy...
This Day in History
Shimla, Nov. 21
2017
After some 37 years as leader of Zimbabwe—first as prime minister and later as president—Robert Mugabe resigned from office as the parliament...
