Columbus's first transatlantic voyage begun Hoping to find a westward route to India, Christopher…
Kuwait invaded Iraq invaded Kuwait on this day in 1990, and Saddam Hussein's subsequent…
Fahd, who became king of Saudi Arabia in 1982, died at age 82; he…
Because of health problems, longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro handed over provisional power to…
The sinking of the Indianapolis The USS Indianapolis was sunk this day in 1945…
National Aeronautics and Space Administration established Criticized for allowing the Soviet Union to launch…
Beginning of World War I Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand…
Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics On this day in 1996 a pipe bomb exploded…
Suez Canal seized On this day in 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized…
Indian lawyer and politician Pratibha Patil was sworn in as president of India, becoming…
Beginning of Mata Hari's trial Dutch-born dancer and courtesan Mata Hari, whose name became…
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