2019
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.[1]
2011
Estonia joined the Eurozone and adopted the Euro as its currency.[1]
2007
Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union.[1]
1999
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.[1]
1993
The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[1]
1985
A Scandinavian research collaboration created the first-ever internet domain name Nordu.net.[1]
1978
A B747 plane by Air India flying from Bombay, India to Dubai, UAE, crashed with no survivors.[1]
1971
America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.[1]
1959
Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.[1]
1916
Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.[1]
1892
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.[1]
1801
The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.[1]
1801
The Union Jack flag was flown for the first time in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the union between Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
1502
Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.[1]
404 AD
A monk put an end to gladiator fighting in Rome.[1]
45 BC
The Julian Calendar was used for the first time.[1]