Today in 1496, 529 years ago: in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci tests his flying machine for the first time.
Today in 1741, 284 years ago: the city of Tarata was founded in the Royal Audience of Charcas (today Bolivia), Viceroyalty of Peru.
Today in 2015, 10 years ago: in the town of Baga, in the far northeast of Nigeria, militants of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram begin the Baga massacre (until January 7): they will kill more than 2,000 men, women and children.
Today in 1987, 38 years ago: Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.
Today in 1946, 79 years ago: Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
Today in 1997, 28 years ago: the People's Republic of China announces that it will spend 27.7 billion dollars to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
Today in 2006, 19 years ago: the Internet reaches 1.1 billion users (one in seven people on the planet has access to the network).
Today in 1848, 177 years ago: in Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts is appointed Prime Minister.
Today in 1999, 26 years ago: the United States launches the Mars Polar Lander, with which contact was lost shortly before landing.
Today in 1990, 35 years ago: in Panama, President Manuel Noriega surrenders to American soldiers and is transferred to the United States.
Today in 1870, 155 years ago: Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
Today in 1993, 32 years ago: George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the START II nuclear disarmament agreement, to reduce nuclear arsenals.
*1815 – Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
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It's been a strange few days for Palworld on Steam Deck. Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it's back to Steam Deck Playable again.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Today in 1899, 126 years ago: in The New York Times magazine the word automobile is used for the first time.
Today in 1944, 81 years ago: near Torre del Bierzo (province of León (Spain), dozens of people die as a result of a railway accident at coordinates 42.595889,-6.331000
Today in 1911, 114 years ago: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
Today in 1966, 59 years ago: in Havana (Cuba) the First Conference of Solidarity of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America meets. The OSPAAL (Solidarity Organization among the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America) is created, which calls on the peoples of the world to "create one, two, three Vietnams".
Today in 1904, 121 years ago: in Ireland, John Edward Redmond tries to relaunch the Irish nationalist Home Rule movement
Today in 1642, 383 years ago: in England, Parliament approves the Great Admonition, an indictment against King Charles I.
Today in 1962, 63 years ago: in Vatican City, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Today in 1911, 114 years ago: A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
Today in 1943, 82 years ago: in the city of Santa Barbara (Costa Rica) the football club Asociación Deportiva Santa Bárbara, now defunct, was founded.
Today in 1815, 210 years ago: Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
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Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns to prepare you for Monster Hunter Wilds
Need some more Monster Hunter games? Fanatical have brought back their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle for you to fill up your collection again.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Today in 1911, 114 years ago: the United States orders the withdrawal of its troops from Nicaragua and recognizes the new Government presided over by Juan José Estrada.
Today in 1857, 168 years ago: the Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor Sibour, is murdered with a stab to the heart, while giving Mass in a church.
Today in 1976, 49 years ago: in an artificial well 1452 meters underground, in the U19e area of the Nevada Atomic Test Site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 11:15 (local time) the United States detonates its 800 kt Muenster atomic bomb. It is the 861stof 1132 bombs that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
Today in 1970, 55 years ago: the People's Republic of the Congo becomes independent from Belgium and promulgates a new Constitution.
Today in 1957, 68 years ago: The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
Today in 1993, 32 years ago: In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
Today in 1874, 151 years ago: in Spain, General Pavia makes a coup d 'état by entering the Cortes and puts an end to the First Spanish Republic.
Today in 1903, 122 years ago: the Academies of Sciences of Madrid and Paris recognize the research works of the engineer and academic Leonardo Torres Quevedo and Juan Felipe.
Today in 2015, 10 years ago: Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
David J. Atkinson
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