2022
The 79th Annual Golden Globes awards occurred privately, and results were shared on the Golden Globes social media.[1]
2021
Five minutes after take-off, Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 passengers.[1]
2007
Steve Jobs announced Apple’s very first smartphone, the iPhone 1.[1]
2002
Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.[1]
2001
Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.[1]
1990
NASA’s Columbia Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-32.[1]
1916
During WWI, The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces were evacuated from the Peninsula.[1]
1839
The French Academy of Science announced the first-ever photograph.[1]
1811
The first-ever all-female golf tournament was held.[1]
1799
Income tax was introduced in the UK so that prime minister William Pitt could collect funds to beat Napoleon.[1]
1793
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.[1]
1788
Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.[1]
1718
France declared war on Spain, leading to the War of the Quadruple Alliance that lasted two years.[1]
1493
Christopher Columbus sighted manatees for the first time ever.[1]
1349
During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.[1]