Today in 1942, 83 years ago: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
Today in 1902, 123 years ago: The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
Today in 1926, 99 years ago: the waters of the Rhine reach their highest level since 1781.
Today in 1998, 27 years ago: Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.
Today in 1912, 113 years ago: in China, the revolutionary government proclaims the republic and appoints nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen as provisional president.
Today in 1901, 124 years ago: in the French colony of Madagascar (Africa), the world's first motorway opens, with a length of 200 km.
Today in 1910, 115 years ago: Captain David Beatty is promoted to rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
Today in 1915, 110 years ago: in front of Plymouth (United Kingdom), the German submarine U-24 sinks the British liner Formidable.
Today in 1801, 224 years ago: Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
Today in 1901, 124 years ago: the British Commonwealth of Nations is established in Australia through the union of six colonies.
Today in 1652, 373 years ago: in Germany, the physicist Johann Lorenz Bausch founded the Academia Naturae Curiosorum.
Today in 1574, 451 years ago: in Bolivia, the Spanish conqueror Santiago Barba de Padilla founded the city of Oropesa, which from 1786 was called Cochabamba.
Today in 1797, 228 years ago: Albany replaces New York as the capital of the state of New York.
Today in 1979, 46 years ago: the United States and People's China establish diplomatic relations.
Today in 1900, 125 years ago: the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands requests a delegate to the national convention of the United States Republican Party.
Today in 1927, 98 years ago: the first broadcast of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) takes place in the United Kingdom.
Today in 1902, 123 years ago: the Licht-Luft-Institut is inaugurated in Charlottenburg (Germany), founded at the initiative of people who seek to reform the way of life.
Today in 1863, 162 years ago: American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
Today in 1502, 523 years ago: The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese.
Today in 2017, 8 years ago: in Istanbul, a man dressed as Santa Claus starts shooting at a disco leaving 39 dead and more than 100 injured.
Today in 1871, 154 years ago: in Buenos Aires (Argentina) the Argentine Civil Code, drafted by Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, comes into force.
Today in 1927, 98 years ago: New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
Today in 1982, 43 years ago: Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Today in 1989, 36 years ago: Canada enters into force the Montreal Protocol, ratified by 29 countries and the EEC to protect the ozone layer.
Today in 2011, 14 years ago: A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
Today in 2024, 1 year ago: The characters of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Pedro, in their “Steamboat Willy” version released in 1928, become public domain, after the 95-year deadline for a collective work to expire its copyright, according to the United States Copyright Term Extension Act (also called the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act”).
Today in 1707, 318 years ago: John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
Today in 2019, 6 years ago: the New Horizons probe flies by 2014 MU69, the farthest celestial object from the solar system that a spacecraft has reached.
Today in 2017, 8 years ago: An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.
Today in 1776, 249 years ago: American Revolutionary War: Burning of Norfolk – Norfolk, Virginia, is burned to the ground by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
Today in 1834, 191 years ago: Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.
Today in 1900, 125 years ago: in Paris there is a strong collapse in part of the works of the construction of the underground train. There are no dead, but many seriously injured.
Today in 1606, 419 years ago: the first exhibition of Arts and Industries is held in Santiago de Chile. Pottery, tannery and hemp twisting were represented.
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Als Antwort auf On This Day In History • • •Pretty sure the first motorway was built in Italy.
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