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Do you know? On this day in the year 1986 A devastating environmental catastrophe occurred early this morning in 1986 when an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine released large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1990 The Hubble Space Telescope, a sophisticated optical observatory built in the United States under the supervision of NASA, was placed into operation this day in 1990 by the crew of the space shuttle Discovery.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1967 Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first man to die during a space mission when his spacecraft became entangled in its parachute during an attempted landing.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2005 The first video—which was of YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim's visit to the San Diego Zoo—was uploaded on the YouTube Web site; approximately one year later the site had some 100 million videos.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1970 First celebrated on this day in 1970 in the U.S., Earth Day—founded by American politician and conservationist Gaylord Anton Nelson—helped spark the environmental movement and quickly grew into an international event.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1986 In a much-hyped television special, American journalist Geraldo Rivera opened a vault that was found in the former headquarters of Chicago gangster Al Capone; however, he and an estimated 30 million TV viewers discovered that it was empty.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2021 Derek Chauvin, a former police officer, was found guilty of killing George Floyd, an unarmed African American man whose neck he knelt on while attempting to arrest him in 2020; Floyd's death caused massive protests against police brutality and brought renewed attention to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1775 Launched this day in 1775 with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution was an effort by 13 British colonies in North America (with help from France, Spain, and the Netherlands) to win their independence.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1955 Albert Einstein Died April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1961 Cuban leader Fidel Castro's forces repelled the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was led by recent Cuban exiles and financed by the U.S. government during the Cold War.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2003 At age 40, Michael Jordan, widely regarded as the best player in the history of basketball, played his last game in the National Basketball Association.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1947 Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's racial barrier, played in his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1955 American fast-food pioneer Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise, launching an enterprise that would eventually become the world's largest fast-food chain, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1912 The British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank en route to New York City from Southampton, Hampshire, England, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage; some 1,500 people died.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2021 American hedge-fund investment manager Bernie Madoff, who operated the world's largest Ponzi scheme, died in federal prison at the age of 82.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1997 Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament, becoming the first golfer of African American descent and the youngest player to place first in the event.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1815 The eruption of Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in what is now Indonesia, killed about 10,000 people.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1988 After taking a decade to build, the Seto Great Bridge, spanning the Inland Sea in Japan, was opened to traffic.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2019 Astronomers released the first-ever image of a black hole, which is in the centre of the massive galaxy M87.
Do you know? On this day today Most practitioners of Buddhism in Japan celebrate the birth of the Buddha, who lived in India sometime between the 6th and the 4th century bce.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1948 The World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the UN, was formally established.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2009 American basketball player Michael Jordan, widely considered the game's greatest all-around player, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain as the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest personal-computer software company.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement who was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers, was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1968 At an event for the Memphis sanitation workers strike, American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his Mountaintop Speech; the following day he was assassinated.
Do you know? On this day in the year (unknown) April Fools' Day, celebrated today with joking relationships and practical jokes, may have grown out of the medieval Feast of Fools, which was held on January 1.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1889 The 984-foot (300-metre) Eiffel Tower, a wrought iron technological masterpiece created by Gustave Eiffel to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution, was officially inaugurated in Paris this day in 1889.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1930 Built as Byzantium about 657 bce, then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century ce after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1915 American domestic Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was placed under a quarantine on North Brother Island, New York City, that lasted until her death in 1938; a typhoid carrier, she was allegedly responsible for multiple outbreaks of typhoid fever.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2000 Russian intelligence officer and politician Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights activists completed their march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; two previous marches had been halted by local police.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2002 Film stars Denzel Washington and Halle Berry became the second and third African Americans to win Academy Awards for performances in leading roles.
Do you know? On this day in the year 2001 Although designed for only 5 years of service, the Soviet/Russian space station Mir ended 15 years in orbit when it reentered Earth's atmosphere, falling into the South Pacific Ocean.
Although designed for only 5 years of service, the Soviet/Russian space station Mir ended 15 years in orbit when it reentered Earth's atmosphere, falling into the South Pacific Ocean.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1945 The Arab League, a regional organization of Arab states in the Middle East, was organized in Cairo by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Transjordan (now Jordan), Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1965 American civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr., began a protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1999 As they floated past longitude 9°27′ W above Mauretania, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first aviators to circumnavigate the globe nonstop by balloon; they landed the following day in Egypt.
Do you know? On this day in the year1911 The first International Women's Day was observed.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1936 Politician F.W. de Klerk—who, as president of South Africa (1989–94), brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country—was born.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, after passing through an air lock on the spacecraft Voskhod 2, became the first man to walk in space
Do you know? On this day in the year 1992 Nearly 69 percent of white South African voters backed F.W. de Klerk's reforms—which included the repeal of racially discriminatory laws—and effectively endorsed the dismantling of apartheid.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1968 During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers dispatched on a search-and-destroy mission killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in the hamlet of My Lai, considered a stronghold of the Viet Cong.
Do you know? On this day in the year 161 Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1987 American boxer Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight to acquire the World Boxing Association (WBA) championship belt when he defeated James Smith in 12 rounds.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1965 State troopers used nightsticks and tear gas to attack American civil rights activists as they crossed a bridge in Selma, Alabama, during their attempted march to the state capitol in Montgomery.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1857 U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney announced the Dred Scott decision, making slavery legal in all U.S. territories.
Do you know? On this day in the year 1957 Ghana became an independent nation, led by Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.