Today in 2008, 16 years ago: at the headquarters of EITB, in Bilbao (Spain), the terrorist group ETA places a bomb.
Today in 1922, 102 years ago: in Moscow, the Congress of Soviets approves the creation of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
Today in 2009, 15 years ago: A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Today in 1905, 119 years ago: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Today in 1997, 27 years ago: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Today in 2004, 20 years ago: in Spain, the Basque Parliament approves the Ibarretxe Plan, which establishes a new political status for the Basque Country.
Today in 1952, 72 years ago: An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Today in 1890, 134 years ago: Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
*1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Today in 1903, 121 years ago: in Chicago (United States) 590 people die in the fire of the Iroquois Theater.
*1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Today in 1924, 100 years ago: the first section of the Gran Metro was inaugurated in Barcelona.
Today in 1885, 139 years ago: in Spain, María Cristina de Habsburg, widow of Alfonso XII, swears in the Constitution as regent in Congress.
Today in 1983, 41 years ago: 60 km from San Salvador (El Salvador), the guerrillas occupy the main barracks in the north of the country.
Today in 2019, 5 years ago: The Wuhan City Municipal Health Committee issued an “urgent notice for treatment of pneumonia of unknown cause.”
Today in 1896, 128 years ago: in Manila (Philippines), a firing squad executes the patriot José Rizal.
Today in 1927, 97 years ago: The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Today in 2006, 18 years ago: The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
Today in 1916, 108 years ago: The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Today in 2004, 20 years ago: in Buenos Aires (Argentina) the Cro-Magnon Republic nightclub burns down: 194 dead and more than 1432 injured.
Today in 1953, 71 years ago: in the United States, the RCA company launches the first NTSC color TV ($1,175 each, equivalent to $11,175 in 2019).
Today in 1928, 96 years ago: in Vigo, Spain, the Municipal Stadium of Balaídos is inaugurated.
Today in 1954, 70 years ago: in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the constitutional government of Juan Domingo Perón legalizes prostitution -which was "prohibited" since the Infamous Decade - and creates the Meretrices Union.
Today in 2013, 11 years ago: More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Today in 1862, 162 years ago: at Cape Hatteras (United States), the ship USS Monitor sinks.
Today in 1902, 122 years ago: The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
Today in 1996, 28 years ago: Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Today in 1696, 328 years ago: in the skies of Guápulo (Ecuador) appears the "Virgin of the Cloud".
Today in 1853, 171 years ago: Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Today in 1987, 37 years ago: Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.
Today in 1960, 64 years ago: in the city of Chilpancingo (Mexico), about 20 people were killed and a hundred injured after the Mexican army, under orders from the Government of the state of Guerrero, opened fire on striking students.
Today in 1972, 52 years ago: in the context of the Vietnam War, the United States stops bombing civilian villages in North Vietnam.
Today in 1996, 28 years ago: in the Indian state of Assam, Bodos separatists bomb a passenger train and kill 26 people.
Today in 1816, 208 years ago: The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.