Significant events that happened on this day.
The Great East Japan Earthquake became one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. The subsequent tsunami reached heights of up to 40 meters i...
A pediatrician and socialist politician, Bachelet was a torture survivor who had been imprisoned during Pinochet's dictatorship. She served two non-co...
The Beatles legend became Sir Paul McCartney in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. He was recognized for his services to music, having written or co-wri...
Appointed by President Bill Clinton, Reno served for nearly eight years—the longest-serving Attorney General since 1829. Standing 5'11", she was known...
At 54, Gorbachev was the youngest Soviet leader in decades and would introduce glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). His reforms would...
The three-day siege involved 149 hostages held at three buildings, including the B'nai B'rith headquarters. The standoff began when a dozen gunmen sto...
President Sukarno's regime declared the Fab Four's music a corrupting influence on Indonesian youth. The ban was part of a broader crackdown on Wester...
This act allowed the U.S. to supply military aid to foreign nations during World War II, effectively ending American neutrality. Britain, the Soviet U...
Despite its name, the 1918 influenza pandemic likely began at Fort Riley, Kansas. The virus would go on to infect 500 million people worldwide—about o...
Low started the organization in Savannah, Georgia with just 18 girls, after being inspired by the Boy Scouts movement in England. Today, Girl Scouts h...
This legendary storm dropped up to 55 inches of snow and created snowdrifts up to 50 feet high in some areas. Over 400 people died, many frozen to dea...
This was one of Etna's most destructive eruptions, with lava flows that lasted for months and destroyed at least 10 villages. The eruption created a m...
While Shakespeare's play doesn't specify exact dates, some scholars have attempted to pinpoint when the events would have occurred based on astronomic...
