Today in 1653, 372 years ago: By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
Today in 1871, 154 years ago: In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
Today in 1997, 28 years ago: in Spain, the cyclist Miguel Induráin puts an end to his career.
Today in 1953, 72 years ago: Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
Today in 1956, 69 years ago: the new railway between Beijing and Moscow is inaugurated (by Ulaanbaatar and Irkutsk).
Today in 1915, 110 years ago: foundation of Club Atlético Lanús in the city of the same name in Argentina.
Today in 1973, 52 years ago: the Guanacasteca Sports Association was founded in Nicoya (Costa Rica)
Today in 2024, 1 years ago: At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years ago.
Today in 1777, 248 years ago: American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeat British forces at the Battle of Princeton, helping boost patriot morale.
Today in 1961, 64 years ago: the United States breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba. These two nations remained without diplomatic relations until their resumption in 2015.
Today in 1988, 37 years ago: Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.
Today in 2010, 15 years ago: in Pasto (Colombia) the Galeras volcano erupts at 19:43 (local time). This occurs at the very beginning of this city's carnival.
Today in 1912, 113 years ago: in Germany, the new neon gas street lighting is inaugurated.
Today in 1981, 44 years ago: British police arrest in Sheffield Peter William Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, accused of having murdered thirteen women.
Today in 1959, 66 years ago: the Soviet Union launches the Luna 1 probe, the first artifact sent to the Moon.
Today in 1959, 66 years ago: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
Today in 1923, 102 years ago: in Paris, England and France they do not reach any agreement at the Reparations Conference.
Today in 1988, 37 years ago: Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
Today in 1986, 39 years ago: the Italian government authorizes the construction of a bridge between Sicily and the peninsula across the Strait of Messina.
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Today in 1942, 83 years ago: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.
Today in 1952, 73 years ago: the German Democratic Republic refuses to let a UN commission prepare the organization of free elections on its territory.
Today in 2018, 7 years ago: in Peru, a bus fell into an abyss in the Pasamayo streamer, leaving 52 dead.
Today in 2001, 24 years ago: in El Salvador, the government of Francisco Flores decides to adopt the US dollar as the national currency.
Today in 1954, 71 years ago: India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
Today in 1921, 104 years ago: World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.
Today in 1492, 533 years ago: Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
Today in 1961, 64 years ago: in Havana, Fidel Castro proposes to the United States Interests Office in Cuba that it must reduce its staff from more than 200 officials to only 11 (similar to the requirement for the number of officials that the United States Government will allow in the Interests Office of the Republic of Cuba in Washington DC).
Today in 1860, 165 years ago: in Spain, the first copy of the newspaper El Pensamiento Español goes on sale.
Today in 2004, 21 years ago: Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
Today in 1975, 50 years ago: At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
Today in 1871, 154 years ago: In Mexico City, Mrs. Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady of Mexico between 1858 and 1871, dies due to her marriage to President Benito Juárez.