First transoceanic newspaper
With the publication of the Transatlantic Daily Mail (a digest of London, England, Edition printed in New York, U.S.), the Daily Mail becomes the... [ read more ]
Mao Zedong writes A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire
Mao Zedong writes the essay, 'A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire', criticizing the erroneous tendency of those who would not do the... [ read more ]
Sadiq Khan is elected Mayor of London
Sadiq Khan is elected Mayor of London and becomes London's first ethnic minority mayor. Khan is the first Muslim to be the mayor of a major... [ read more ]
Vladimir Putin becomes Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin is appointed as Russia's Prime Minister. [ read more ]
First female cadet to graduate from The Citadel
Although she wasn't the first woman to be admitted, on this day Nancy Mace (C), the author of 'In the Company of Men: A Woman at the... [ read more ]
South Africa’s new democracy is approved
South Africa takes another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for blacks and whites. [ read more ]
Soviets announce boycott of Olympics
The Soviet Union announces it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. [ read more ]
Smallpox is eradicated
At a special session in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization 'WHO' announces the global eradication of smallpox. The formal... [ read more ]
Muhammad Ali Conscientious Objector Case
Muhammad Ali is arraigned after pleading not guilty, on a charge of refusing to be drafted into the American army to serve in Vietnam, upon grounds... [ read more ]
Victory in Europe day
Cities across the U.S. and Great Britain celebrate the effective end of World War II in Europe; a formal and unconditional surrender of all German... [ read more ]
Gandhi begins hunger strike
Iconic Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi begins a self-purification fast of 21 days on this day. The fast launched a year-long campaign to protest the... [ read more ]
Sir David Attenborough is born
Regarded as Britain's national treasure and named among the 100 Greatest Britons, veteran broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Frederick... [ read more ]
