India became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon; its Chandrayaan-3 probe was also the first to land in the Moon’s south polar region. 2023.
American basketball player Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA‘s leading players in the early 21st century, was born in Philadelphia. 1978.
A botched bank robbery in Stockholm resulted in a hostage situation, and, over the course of a six-day standoff, the captives formed an unlikely bond with their captor, giving rise to the term “Stockholm syndrome.” 1973.
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact dividing eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. 1939.
The Ottomans won a decisive victory over the Ṣafavids of Iran at the Battle of Chāldirān.
