Today in 1772, 253 years ago: The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
Today in 2023, 2 years ago: Croatia officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the Schengen Area.
Today in 2011, 14 years ago: in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff takes over as president, succeeding Lula da Silva.
Today in 1962, 63 years ago: Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
Today in 1725, 300 years ago: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.
Today in 1949, 76 years ago: clashes between Zulu customers and Hindu merchants in the west market of Durban (South Africa) cause the death of seventy-five people.
Today in 1965, 60 years ago: in Spain the second channel of Spanish Radiotelevision is inaugurated, which was historically known as "el UHF", "La Segunda Cadena" or "Cadena II" and in the eighties as TVE-2. It is currently known as La 2.
Today in 1969, 56 years ago: clashes between Catholics and Protestants in Londonderry (Northern Ireland) cause 120 injuries.
Today in 1919, 106 years ago: in Germany, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and Wilhelm Pieck found the German Communist Party.
Today in 1885, 140 years ago: Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
Today in 1504, 521 years ago: in Italy, the Spanish army enters Gaeta, thus ending the war that confronted France and Spain for Naples.
Today in 2019, 6 years ago: The American Wrestling Company All Elite Wrestling known as AEW is founded.
Today in 1978, 47 years ago: Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board.
Today in 1997, 28 years ago: Ghanaian Kofi Annan takes office as Secretary-General of the UN, replacing Egyptian Butros Ghali.
Today in 1921, 104 years ago: La Gaceta de Madrid publishes the authorization to build the Faculty of Medicine and the Clinical Hospital in Moncloa.
Today in 1959, 66 years ago: in Cuba: the rebellion against the dictatorship triumphs and the Cuban Revolution begins. The dictator Fulgencio Batista takes refuge in the Dominican Republic and instead takes power from the commander of the Rebel Army Fidel Castro.
Today in 1981, 44 years ago: Greece joins the EEC (European Economic Community), becoming the tenth member of this organization.
Today in 1961, 64 years ago: Joaquín Balaguer assumed the presidency of the Dominican Republic
*1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Today in 2002, 23 years ago: the euro enters into force in the European Union as the single currency for 12 states.
Today in 1892, 133 years ago: Ellis Island becomes the reception center for new immigrants to the United States.
Today in 1860, 165 years ago: The first Polish postage stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
Today in 1892, 133 years ago: Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
Today in 1810, 215 years ago: Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
Today in 1432, 593 years ago: in the city of Granada (Spain), Yusuf IV is proclaimed sultan after a popular uprising that overthrows Muhammad IX.
Today in 1945, 80 years ago: the Lublin Committee declares itself Polish Provisional Government.
Today in 1804, 221 years ago: Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims Haiti's independence, resurrecting the island's ancient indigenous name.
Today in 1903, 122 years ago: in Paris (France), the scholar J. C. Mardrus publishes the first complete version in a Western language of the legendary book The Thousand and One Nights (16 volumes), after the magnificent anthologies made by the Frenchman Gallard (18th century) and the British Richard Francis Burton (1877).
Aram Sinnreich
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