2014
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson received a standing ovation for her gender inequality speech at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US.[1]
1990
Liechtenstein became the 160th member of the United Nations.[1]
1984
Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II completed the first-ever trans-Atlantic crossing in a helium balloon.[1]
1977
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.[1]
1962
Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tebogo were admitted to the United Nations.[1]
1951
The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.[1]
1945
Segregation led many students to walk out of Froebel High School, Gary, Indiana.[1]
1851
The New York Times published its first issue.[1]
1837
Tiffany & Co was founded by Charles Tiffany and John Young in Brooklyn, Connecticut.[1]
1809
The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.[1]
1793
President George Washington marked the location for the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.[1]
1502
During his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica.[1]
1454
The Teutonic Knights defeated the Polish army in the Battle of Chojnice.[1]
96 AD
Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated, and Marcus Cocceius Nerva became the new Emperor.[1]