Today in 2013, 12 years ago: At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Today in 1901, 124 years ago: The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire.
Today in 2020, 5 years ago: In Wuhan, China, the Animal and Seafood market where the COVID-19 outbreak is believed to have originated is closed for sanitation and environmental disinfection.
Today in 1809, 216 years ago: in Buenos Aires Martín de Álzaga leads a coup d 'état with the purpose of deposing the viceroy Santiago de Liniers.
Today in 2000, 25 years ago: at 12:00 TT the epoch J2000.0 is set as a reference in astronomy.
Today in 2015, 10 years ago: The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Today in 1987, 38 years ago: pro-democracy and pro-working class students demonstrate in Beijing.
Today in 1953, 72 years ago: in Valparaíso, Chile, around 50 people (36 were firefighters) die in an explosion.
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Today in 2024, 1 year ago: a strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale shakes Japan in the middle of the new year, leaving considerable material damage, the death of 60 people and a Tsunami alert.
Today in 1951, 74 years ago: the United Nations created the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Today in 1964, 61 years ago: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
Today in 1970, 55 years ago: in Argentina the new Peso Ley 18,188 is put into circulation, which is equivalent to one hundred pesos national currency.
Today in 1954, 71 years ago: in Santiago de Chile a great fire destroys the Colosseum theater.
Today in 1984, 41 years ago: The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
Today in 1963, 62 years ago: in Spain, the Compulsory Health Insurance carries out a mass polio vaccination campaign.
Today in 1923, 102 years ago: Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
Today in 1804, 221 years ago: French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in North America after the United States.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Today in 1976, 49 years ago: in Venezuela, the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez nationalizes oil exploitation.
Today in 2020, 5 years ago: in Mexico City, the ban on single-use plastic bags comes into force.
Today in 1983, 42 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
Today in 1727, 298 years ago: in the Charité of Berlin (Germany) an obstetrics unit is created with an "independent room where licentious women are welcomed shortly before childbirth".
Today in 1993, 32 years ago: Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Today in 1540, 485 years ago: in Peru, Pedro de Valdivia begins his expedition to Chile. He leaves Cusco with a small group of Spaniards and few indigenous people. He is accompanied by Inés de Suárez, the first woman to inscribe her name in Chilean history.
Today in 1962, 63 years ago: The Beatles audition to sign with Decca Records, but they rejected them arguing that guitar groups would not thrive.