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.
Today in 1971, 54 years ago: in Chile, the government of President Salvador Allende nationalizes private banking.
Today in 1957, 68 years ago: Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.: 6, 18
Today in 1995, 30 years ago: The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
Today in 1992, 33 years ago: in Argentina, the convertible peso replaces the austral as currency.
Today in 2009, 16 years ago: Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
Today in 2017, 8 years ago: in Bujumbura, the politician Emmanuel Niyonkuru is murdered by firearm.
Today in 1957, 68 years ago: George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Today in 1801, 224 years ago: The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed.
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.
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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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