September 24
Events
175 events recorded on September 24 throughout history
The United States Congress passed the Judiciary Act to establish the federal judiciary system and create the office of the Attorney General. This legislation gave concrete shape to the judicial branch outlined in the Constitution, defining how federal courts would operate and who would lead them for centuries to come.
Henri Giffard's airship looked nothing like what came after — a steam engine slung beneath a 144-foot hydrogen-filled envelope, traveling at just 6 mph, barely enough to steer. But he steered it. On a calm September morning he flew 17 miles from Paris to Trappes, making gentle turns, proving that powered, controlled flight in a lighter-than-air craft was possible. The Wright Brothers were still 51 years away from being born. Giffard had just made the engine's first argument that the sky was navigable.
James Fisk and Jay Gould cornered the gold market by manipulating President Grant through his brother-in-law, driving prices to a 30% premium before the government flooded the market with $4 million in reserves. That sudden sale crashed values within minutes, ruining countless investors while leaving the conspirators largely untouched. This Black Friday panic exposed how easily political connections could destabilize the nation's currency and left a lasting scar on public trust in financial markets.
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Der Prophet Mohammed kommt in Medina an und schließt damit seine Hidschra ab.
Der Prophet Mohammed kommt in Medina an und schließt damit seine Hidschra ab.
Prophet Muhammad reached Medina after fleeing persecution in Mecca, successfully establishing the first independent M…
Prophet Muhammad reached Medina after fleeing persecution in Mecca, successfully establishing the first independent Muslim community. This migration, known as the Hijra, provided the political and social foundation for the rapid expansion of Islam across the Arabian Peninsula. It remains the starting point of the Islamic lunar calendar, anchoring the faith’s timeline to this specific act of relocation.
début de l'an 1 de l'islam par l'hégire (l'exil), le départ de Mahomet (Muhammad) de la Mecque pour Médine, en Arabie…
début de l'an 1 de l'islam par l'hégire (l'exil), le départ de Mahomet (Muhammad) de la Mecque pour Médine, en Arabie médiévale.
Bishops gathered at the Church of Holy Wisdom to resolve the fierce iconoclastic controversy that had fractured the B…
Bishops gathered at the Church of Holy Wisdom to resolve the fierce iconoclastic controversy that had fractured the Byzantine Empire for decades. By formally restoring the veneration of religious images, the council ended the state-sanctioned destruction of icons and solidified the role of visual art in Eastern Orthodox theology for centuries to follow.
محمد بن عبد الرحمن يتولى حكم الدولة الأموية في الأندلس خلفًا لأبيه عبد الرحمن بن الحكم.
محمد بن عبد الرحمن يتولى حكم الدولة الأموية في الأندلس خلفًا لأبيه عبد الرحمن بن الحكم.
Manuel I Komnenos died, ending the Komnenian restoration and leaving the Byzantine throne to his young, incompetent son.
Manuel I Komnenos died, ending the Komnenian restoration and leaving the Byzantine throne to his young, incompetent son. Without his steady hand to manage the empire’s fragile alliances, the state fractured internally and lost its military edge, accelerating a downward spiral that culminated in the catastrophic Fourth Crusade just two decades later.
Cristóbal Colón comienza su segunda expedición a América.
Cristóbal Colón comienza su segunda expedición a América.
In der zunächst geheimgehaltenen Declaratio Ferdinandea macht König Ferdinand I. den protestantischen Reichsständen a…
In der zunächst geheimgehaltenen Declaratio Ferdinandea macht König Ferdinand I. den protestantischen Reichsständen auf dem Reichstag von Augsburg Zugeständnisse im Streit um den „Geistlichen Vorbehalt“.
Sélim II devient sultan ottoman.
Sélim II devient sultan ottoman.
John Hawkins had sailed into the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulúa under a flag of truce, and the Spanish let him anch…
John Hawkins had sailed into the Mexican port of San Juan de Ulúa under a flag of truce, and the Spanish let him anchor while awaiting the annual treasure fleet. Then the fleet arrived — carrying a new viceroy who had no interest in honoring any truce with an English interloper. Spanish forces attacked at close range. Most of Hawkins's ships were destroyed or captured. He escaped with two vessels, one of them commanded by his young cousin Francis Drake. Drake spent the rest of his life settling that score with Spain.
faisant suite à la demande de la reine Jeanne III de Navarre, publication par Joanes Leizarraga de la traduction en b…
faisant suite à la demande de la reine Jeanne III de Navarre, publication par Joanes Leizarraga de la traduction en basque du Nouveau Testament.
découverte du cap Dorset, par l'explorateur Luke Fox.
découverte du cap Dorset, par l'explorateur Luke Fox.
Charles Watches Defeat at Rowton Heath: Royalists Collapse
Parliamentarian cavalry defeated a Royalist army personally commanded by King Charles I at Rowton Heath, forcing the king to watch the destruction of his relief force from the walls of Chester. The defeat ended Charles's last serious attempt to break the Parliamentarian siege of the northwest and confirmed the irreversible decline of the Royalist military cause.
Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron without firing a shot, ending Dutch colonial …
Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron without firing a shot, ending Dutch colonial rule in North America. This transfer consolidated England’s control over the Atlantic coast, linking their northern and southern colonies and renaming the settlement New York to reflect the Duke of York’s new authority over the territory.
Shivaji had already been crowned once, in June 1674, but there was a problem: the ceremony's legitimacy was being que…
Shivaji had already been crowned once, in June 1674, but there was a problem: the ceremony's legitimacy was being questioned. A faction argued the rites had been flawed. So Shivaji did something almost no king in history had done — he held a second coronation, a Tantrik ceremony in September 1674, just to silence the doubters. He paid the astronomically expensive ritual costs twice over. The insistence on legitimacy wasn't vanity; it was statecraft. Shivaji was building a Maratha identity that would outlast his kingdom by centuries, and he knew every ritual counted.
début de la guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg.
début de la guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg.
victoire décisive de Louis-Guillaume de Bade-Bade, à la bataille de Niš, pendant la grande guerre turque.
victoire décisive de Louis-Guillaume de Bade-Bade, à la bataille de Niš, pendant la grande guerre turque.
Während des Großen Nordischen Krieges wird der Altranstädter Friede zwischen Sachsen unter August II.
Während des Großen Nordischen Krieges wird der Altranstädter Friede zwischen Sachsen unter August II. und Schweden unter Karl XII. unterzeichnet. August verzichtet auf die Krone Polens.
Der Bildhauer François Dumont wird mit seiner Aufnahmearbeit Titan foudroyé – Der vom Blitz zerschmetterte Titan in d…
Der Bildhauer François Dumont wird mit seiner Aufnahmearbeit Titan foudroyé – Der vom Blitz zerschmetterte Titan in den Kreis der Académie Royale aufgenommen.
Die Uraufführung der Oper The Quaker's Opera von Henry Carey findet in London statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper The Quaker's Opera von Henry Carey findet in London statt.
bataille navale de Manille (guerre de Sept Ans), victoire britannique sur les Espagnols.
bataille navale de Manille (guerre de Sept Ans), victoire britannique sur les Espagnols.
Beim zweiten Höchster Stadtbrand wird die Altstadt der Stadt Höchst am Main neuerlich schwer beschädigt.
Beim zweiten Höchster Stadtbrand wird die Altstadt der Stadt Höchst am Main neuerlich schwer beschädigt. Der Sachschaden beläuft sich auf 26.712 Gulden nach damaliger Währung.
Benedict Arnold learned that Major John André had been caught with the West Point plans in his boot on September 25, …
Benedict Arnold learned that Major John André had been caught with the West Point plans in his boot on September 25, 1780, and had about 30 minutes before Washington arrived for breakfast. He told his wife, kissed her, and ran. He made it to the British sloop Vulture on the Hudson River, leaving André to hang. Arnold had been one of the most effective combat generals in the Continental Army — the hero of Saratoga — and had just tried to hand over the fortress guarding the Hudson Valley for £20,000. He lived another 21 years, despised by both sides.
الكونغرس الأمريكي يصدر قانون السلطة القضائية وتأسيس منصب النائب العام ونظام القضاء الإداري وتشكيل المحكمة العليا للول…
الكونغرس الأمريكي يصدر قانون السلطة القضائية وتأسيس منصب النائب العام ونظام القضاء الإداري وتشكيل المحكمة العليا للولايات المتحدة.
en los Estados Unidos el Congreso crea la Oficina de Correos.
en los Estados Unidos el Congreso crea la Oficina de Correos.
Judiciary Act Passed: Federal Courts Established in 1789
The United States Congress passed the Judiciary Act to establish the federal judiciary system and create the office of the Attorney General. This legislation gave concrete shape to the judicial branch outlined in the Constitution, defining how federal courts would operate and who would lead them for centuries to come.
dans sa communication à l'Académie royale prussienne des sciences, Martin Heinrich Klaproth présente sa découverte de…
dans sa communication à l'Académie royale prussienne des sciences, Martin Heinrich Klaproth présente sa découverte de l'uranium.
deuxième bataille de Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits pendant la guerre de Vendée.
deuxième bataille de Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits pendant la guerre de Vendée.
réorganisation des corps d'infanterie français par le premier consul.
réorganisation des corps d'infanterie français par le premier consul.
en la Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo (en San Fernando, Cádiz) se juran las Cortes de Cádiz.
en la Iglesia Mayor de San Pedro y San Pablo (en San Fernando, Cádiz) se juran las Cortes de Cádiz.
en el Campo de las Carreras (Tucumán) las fuerzas argentinas, al mando del abogado y general Manuel Belgrano, vencen …
en el Campo de las Carreras (Tucumán) las fuerzas argentinas, al mando del abogado y general Manuel Belgrano, vencen a las españolas en la batalla de Tucumán.
In Rotterdam wird die Reederei Van Vollenhoven, Dutilh & Co. gegründet.
In Rotterdam wird die Reederei Van Vollenhoven, Dutilh & Co. gegründet. Mit ihr beginnt der regelmäßige Verkehr von Dampfschiffen in der Geschichte der Personenschifffahrt auf dem Rhein.
In Kassel wird der Mitteldeutsche Handelsverein gegründet.
In Kassel wird der Mitteldeutsche Handelsverein gegründet.
A radical committee of notables seized control in Brussels, establishing the Provisional Government of Belgium to cha…
A radical committee of notables seized control in Brussels, establishing the Provisional Government of Belgium to challenge Dutch rule. This bold administrative break ended the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, forcing the Great Powers to recognize Belgian independence and establishing the constitutional monarchy that defines the nation’s political structure to this day.
Die Lokomotive DeWitt Clinton bedient als erste in den USA einen fahrplanmäßigen Personenverkehr.
Die Lokomotive DeWitt Clinton bedient als erste in den USA einen fahrplanmäßigen Personenverkehr.
Die Uraufführung der Operette Die Verjüngerungs-Essenz von Conradin Kreutzer findet am Theater am Kärntnertor in Wien…
Die Uraufführung der Operette Die Verjüngerungs-Essenz von Conradin Kreutzer findet am Theater am Kärntnertor in Wien statt.
The Sultan of Brunei ceded the territory of Sarawak to British adventurer James Brooke, granting him the title of Rajah.
The Sultan of Brunei ceded the territory of Sarawak to British adventurer James Brooke, granting him the title of Rajah. This transfer established the White Rajahs’ century-long dynasty, shifting the region from a loosely governed sultanate into a British protectorate that secured vital trade routes through the South China Sea.
General Zachary Taylor forced the surrender of Monterrey after four days of brutal urban combat, securing a vital sup…
General Zachary Taylor forced the surrender of Monterrey after four days of brutal urban combat, securing a vital supply hub for the American advance into northern Mexico. This victory crippled Mexican defensive capabilities in the region and compelled General Pedro de Ampudia to retreat, shifting the war's momentum deep into enemy territory.
en Francia, Henri Giffard realiza el primer vuelo de dirigible.
en Francia, Henri Giffard realiza el primer vuelo de dirigible. Recorre 27 km entre París y Trappes, a 9 km/h.
Henri Giffard's airship looked nothing like what came after — a steam engine slung beneath a 144-foot hydrogen-filled…
Henri Giffard's airship looked nothing like what came after — a steam engine slung beneath a 144-foot hydrogen-filled envelope, traveling at just 6 mph, barely enough to steer. But he steered it. On a calm September morning he flew 17 miles from Paris to Trappes, making gentle turns, proving that powered, controlled flight in a lighter-than-air craft was possible. The Wright Brothers were still 51 years away from being born. Giffard had just made the engine's first argument that the sky was navigable.
la Nouvelle-Calédonie est proclamée colonie française.
la Nouvelle-Calédonie est proclamée colonie française.
Admiral Febvrier Despointes claimed New Caledonia for France in September 1853, just beating the British, who'd been …
Admiral Febvrier Despointes claimed New Caledonia for France in September 1853, just beating the British, who'd been eyeing it too. Napoleon III wanted a Pacific base and a place to send convicts. Both happened: the first penal colony ships arrived within a decade, and the indigenous Kanak population — who had no vote in any of this — went from majority to minority within a generation. France still governs the territory today, and Kanak independence movements are still active.
اكتشاف الجليكوجين المخزن في الكبد.
اكتشاف الجليكوجين المخزن في الكبد.
Das Stuttgarter Zwei-Kaiser-Treffen beginnt.
Das Stuttgarter Zwei-Kaiser-Treffen beginnt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Flis (Der Flößer) von Stanisław Moniuszko findet in Warschau statt.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Flis (Der Flößer) von Stanisław Moniuszko findet in Warschau statt.
Aufständische Truppen unter Gabriel García Moreno und Juan José Flores nehmen die ecuadorianische Provinzhauptstadt G…
Aufständische Truppen unter Gabriel García Moreno und Juan José Flores nehmen die ecuadorianische Provinzhauptstadt Guayaquil ein. Mit der Flucht von Präsident Guillermo Franco nach Peru endet die Nationale Krise. Moreno errichtet in der Folge ein autoritär-klerikales Regime.
Black Friday 1869: Fisk and Gould Crash the Gold Market
James Fisk and Jay Gould cornered the gold market by manipulating President Grant through his brother-in-law, driving prices to a 30% premium before the government flooded the market with $4 million in reserves. That sudden sale crashed values within minutes, ruining countless investors while leaving the conspirators largely untouched. This Black Friday panic exposed how easily political connections could destabilize the nation's currency and left a lasting scar on public trust in financial markets.
Gold prices plummeted after President Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Treasury to dump massive quantities of bullion, cr…
Gold prices plummeted after President Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Treasury to dump massive quantities of bullion, crushing Jay Gould and James Fisk's scheme to corner the market. This crash wiped out fortunes overnight and triggered a severe financial panic that crippled Wall Street for weeks.
Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Pune to challenge the rigid caste hierarchy and advocate for the edu…
Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Pune to challenge the rigid caste hierarchy and advocate for the education of marginalized communities. By promoting rational thought and social equality, the movement dismantled the intellectual monopoly of the priestly class and provided a foundational framework for the later Dalit rights movement in India.
The 1864 play Heath Cobblers finally premiered in Oulu on September 24, 1875, launching Aleksis Kivi's career as Finl…
The 1864 play Heath Cobblers finally premiered in Oulu on September 24, 1875, launching Aleksis Kivi's career as Finland's first major novelist and playwright. This performance cemented the work as a cornerstone of Finnish national identity, proving that literature could thrive in the native language rather than Swedish.
Imperial Japanese Army conscripts annihilated the last of Saigō Takamori’s samurai rebels at the Battle of Shiroyama,…
Imperial Japanese Army conscripts annihilated the last of Saigō Takamori’s samurai rebels at the Battle of Shiroyama, ending the Satsuma Rebellion. This crushing defeat signaled the final collapse of the traditional warrior class, cementing the supremacy of the modern, Western-style national military and securing the central authority of the Meiji government over feudal holdouts.
couronnement de Pōmare V comme roi de Tahiti.
couronnement de Pōmare V comme roi de Tahiti.
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola regresa a la cueva de Altamira acompañado de su hija de 8 años en ese momento, María Sanz …
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola regresa a la cueva de Altamira acompañado de su hija de 8 años en ese momento, María Sanz de Sautuola, en busca de rastros de asentamiento humano, mientras el busca por el suelo su hija se fija en las pinturas rupestres situadas en el techo de la cueva.
In Utrecht schließen sich die Altkatholischen Kirchen der Niederlande und Deutschlands sowie die christkatholische Ki…
In Utrecht schließen sich die Altkatholischen Kirchen der Niederlande und Deutschlands sowie die christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz zur Utrechter Union der Altkatholischen Kirchen zusammen. Die Altkatholische Kirche in Österreich folgt bald darauf.
Church President Wilford Woodruff issued the Manifesto, formally advising members to cease contracting plural marriages.
Church President Wilford Woodruff issued the Manifesto, formally advising members to cease contracting plural marriages. This decision ended decades of intense federal pressure and legal conflict, directly clearing the path for Utah to achieve statehood in 1896. The move fundamentally reshaped the faith’s public identity and its integration into American civic life.
Präsident Wilford Woodruff gibt in seiner Amtlichen Erklärung Nr.
Präsident Wilford Woodruff gibt in seiner Amtlichen Erklärung Nr. 1 bekannt, dass die Mitglieder der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage keine Mehrfachehe mehr praktizieren dürfen.
Das von William Randolph Hearst gestiftete und im Stil eines griechischen Amphitheaters erbaute William Randolph Hear…
Das von William Randolph Hearst gestiftete und im Stil eines griechischen Amphitheaters erbaute William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre an der University of California, Berkeley, wird mit einer studentischen Aufführung von Aristophanes’ Die Vögel offiziell eröffnet.
Edmund Barton resigned as Australia’s first Prime Minister to accept a seat on the inaugural High Court bench.
Edmund Barton resigned as Australia’s first Prime Minister to accept a seat on the inaugural High Court bench. His departure elevated Alfred Deakin, who steered the young nation through its formative legislative years, including the establishment of the Conciliation and Arbitration Court and the formalization of the White Australia policy.
السويد توافق على استقلال النرويج.
السويد توافق على استقلال النرويج.
It started with rumors — newspaper reports, later shown to be grossly exaggerated, of Black men assaulting white wome…
It started with rumors — newspaper reports, later shown to be grossly exaggerated, of Black men assaulting white women in Atlanta. White mobs formed on the night of September 22, 1906, and attacked Black residents, businesses, and streetcars for four days. At least 25 Black people died, probably more. Hundreds were injured. Black neighborhoods formed armed self-defense patrols. The riot didn't emerge from nothing — Atlanta's newspapers had spent weeks running inflammatory stories during a heated gubernatorial campaign. The politicians moved on. The city's Black community rebuilt behind walls of enforced segregation that deepened for decades.
Die expressionistische Künstlergruppe Brücke veranstaltet ihre erste Ausstellung in Dresden.
Die expressionistische Künstlergruppe Brücke veranstaltet ihre erste Ausstellung in Dresden. Sie findet beim heimischen Publikum wenig Anklang.
Theodore Roosevelt had never actually seen Devils Tower when he signed the proclamation making it America's first Nat…
Theodore Roosevelt had never actually seen Devils Tower when he signed the proclamation making it America's first National Monument in 1906. The 867-foot column of igneous rock rising from the Wyoming plains had been used as a landmark by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years — the Lakota called it Bear Lodge. Roosevelt used powers granted by the recently passed Antiquities Act, which he'd helped push through Congress. He'd go on to create 17 more national monuments, 150 national forests, and 5 national parks. He started with a tower he'd only seen in photographs.
She never flew a single foot.
She never flew a single foot. His Majesty's Airship No. 1 — nicknamed 'Mayfly' by a press that turned out to be right — was moored at Barrow-in-Furness when a gust caught her hull during handling and snapped her in two. The wreck took three years of work with it. Britain's rigid airship program stalled for years, ceding the field to Germany's Zeppelins just as both nations were racing toward war.
Der von den deutschen Bischöfen im Gewerkschaftsstreit angerufene Papst Pius X. plädiert in der Enzyklika Singulari q…
Der von den deutschen Bischöfen im Gewerkschaftsstreit angerufene Papst Pius X. plädiert in der Enzyklika Singulari quadam dafür, die Mitgliedschaft katholischer Arbeiter in interkonfessionellen Gewerkschaften zu dulden.
Mit der Uraufführung des Werks Introduktion, Passacaglia und Fuge für Orgel in e-moll op.
Mit der Uraufführung des Werks Introduktion, Passacaglia und Fuge für Orgel in e-moll op. 127 von Max Reger, gespielt von Karl Straube, wird die Orgel der Jahrhunderthalle, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt größte Orgel der Welt, eingeweiht.
Przemyśl was a fortress city in the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the siege that began in September 1914 became one of…
Przemyśl was a fortress city in the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the siege that began in September 1914 became one of the longest of the entire war. Russian forces surrounded it. Austrian defenders held for 133 days the first time, were relieved, then besieged again. The second siege lasted until March 1915, when the starving garrison surrendered — 117,000 troops taken prisoner at once. The city changed hands nine times during the war. It's now in Poland.
Im Ersten Weltkrieg beginnt die Belagerung von Przemyśl durch die zaristische Armee.
Im Ersten Weltkrieg beginnt die Belagerung von Przemyśl durch die zaristische Armee. Die von Österreich-Ungarn gehaltene Festung kapituliert nach fast sechs Monaten vor den Angreifern.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se crean los primeros colectivos (ómnibus) del país.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se crean los primeros colectivos (ómnibus) del país. La primera línea funciona desde Plaza de Mayo hasta el barrio de Floresta por 20 centavos de peso.
Port Adelaide waterside workers had been locked out by shipping companies trying to break union control over the docks.
Port Adelaide waterside workers had been locked out by shipping companies trying to break union control over the docks. On September 22, 1928, roughly 4,000 workers and supporters clashed with police on the wharves — baton charges, injuries, mass arrests. The strike lasted months. The waterfront labor disputes of the late 1920s reshaped Australian industrial relations law and fed directly into political battles that echoed for decades. It was one of the most violent industrial confrontations in South Australian history.
Jimmy Doolittle flew a Consolidated NY-2 biplane with a hood over the cockpit so he couldn't see outside at all — jus…
Jimmy Doolittle flew a Consolidated NY-2 biplane with a hood over the cockpit so he couldn't see outside at all — just instruments. He took off, flew a set course, and landed. The whole flight took about 15 minutes over Mitchell Field in New York. But what it proved was enormous: that a pilot didn't need to see the horizon, the ground, or the sky to fly safely. Every commercial flight you've ever taken in clouds, fog, or darkness exists because of what Doolittle demonstrated on that September morning in 1929.
Gandhi had already been fasting for five days when Ambedkar sat down to negotiate.
Gandhi had already been fasting for five days when Ambedkar sat down to negotiate. The British had granted separate electorates for Untouchables — which Gandhi opposed so fiercely he was willing to die over it. Ambedkar, who'd spent his life fighting caste discrimination, gave up that electoral separation in exchange for reserved seats: 148 instead of the original 71. He later called it the worst deal he ever made. Two men, one fast, one fury — and millions of lives bent by the outcome.
el astrónomo Eugène Joseph Delporte descubre el asteroide Afrodita (1388).
el astrónomo Eugène Joseph Delporte descubre el asteroide Afrodita (1388).
Rodeos had always been daytime events — partly tradition, mostly because there was no other option.
Rodeos had always been daytime events — partly tradition, mostly because there was no other option. Earl and Weldon Bascom hauled in electrical equipment and rigged lights above the arena in Columbia, Mississippi, and when the sun went down, the show kept going. It seems obvious now. But in 1935, an outdoor rodeo under electric lights at night was genuinely strange, a spectacle drawing crowds as much for the lighting as the riding. The Bascom brothers also invented the one-handed bareback rigging and several other rodeo innovations. They were building the sport from scratch.
Ödön von Horváths Lustspiel Ein Dorf ohne Männer wird in Prag uraufgeführt.
Ödön von Horváths Lustspiel Ein Dorf ohne Männer wird in Prag uraufgeführt.
Der US-Amerikaner Don Budge gewinnt als erster Tennisspieler den sogenannten Grand Slam.
Der US-Amerikaner Don Budge gewinnt als erster Tennisspieler den sogenannten Grand Slam.
Im Berliner Ufa-Palast am Zoo feiert der antisemitische Propagandaspielfilm Jud Süß des Regisseurs Veit Harlan seine …
Im Berliner Ufa-Palast am Zoo feiert der antisemitische Propagandaspielfilm Jud Süß des Regisseurs Veit Harlan seine Deutschlandpremiere.
création du Comité national français, instance de la France libre qui tient lieu de gouvernement en exil, de 1941 à 1…
création du Comité national français, instance de la France libre qui tient lieu de gouvernement en exil, de 1941 à 1943 (seconde guerre mondiale).
Die Uraufführung der Dachau-Messe von Pater Gregor Schwake findet im „Pfarrerblock“ des KZ Dachau statt.
Die Uraufführung der Dachau-Messe von Pater Gregor Schwake findet im „Pfarrerblock“ des KZ Dachau statt.
en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el ejército soviético invade Checoslovaquia y Hungría.
en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el ejército soviético invade Checoslovaquia y Hungría.
Two men — Roy Farrell, an American, and Sydney de Kantzow, an Australian — scraped together $1 each to co-found a Hon…
Two men — Roy Farrell, an American, and Sydney de Kantzow, an Australian — scraped together $1 each to co-found a Hong Kong airline in 1946 with a single converted Douglas DC-3. Their first routes ran Shanghai to Sydney hauling eggs and other goods through the chaos of post-war Asia. Farrell named it after a phrase he liked: 'the Cathay of the old East.' They sold it within a year to a group that turned it into a major carrier. That $1 investment aged reasonably well.
en India se nombra jefe del Gobierno provisional a Jawaharlal Nehru.
en India se nombra jefe del Gobierno provisional a Jawaharlal Nehru.
Clark Clifford was 39 years old and barely a year into his role as a White House aide when he handed Truman a 100,000…
Clark Clifford was 39 years old and barely a year into his role as a White House aide when he handed Truman a 100,000-word classified report on the Soviet Union. He and George Elsey had spent months gathering assessments from every major U.S. agency. The conclusion was stark: the Soviets aimed for global dominance and wouldn't respond to goodwill. Truman read it overnight, called it the most important document he'd ever seen — and immediately ordered all copies locked up. He thought it was too explosive to circulate.
Two junior aides — Clark Clifford, 39, and George Elsey, 26 — spent months quietly interviewing every senior U.S.
Two junior aides — Clark Clifford, 39, and George Elsey, 26 — spent months quietly interviewing every senior U.S. official with Soviet knowledge, then handed Truman a 100,000-word top-secret document he read in a single sitting. His response: lock up every copy immediately. The report was too inflammatory to leak. But its core idea — contain Soviet expansion rather than confront it directly — quietly became the backbone of U.S. foreign policy for the next four decades.
President Harry Truman allegedly authorized the creation of Majestic 12 to oversee the recovery and investigation of …
President Harry Truman allegedly authorized the creation of Majestic 12 to oversee the recovery and investigation of extraterrestrial technology. While the existence of this clandestine group remains unproven, the documents sparked decades of intense public fascination with government transparency and fueled the modern cultural obsession with UFO disclosure.
Soichiro Honda had already built a successful piston-ring business, sold it to Toyota, and then spent years tinkering…
Soichiro Honda had already built a successful piston-ring business, sold it to Toyota, and then spent years tinkering in a small shed before he incorporated Honda Motor Company on September 24, 1948. His early motorcycles were bicycles fitted with surplus military engines. He'd failed engineering school exams. His business partner, Takeo Fujisawa, handled all the finances because Honda refused to. They didn't meet until 1949 — and the company they built together became the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer.
Das bundesdeutsche Nationale Olympische Komitee wird gegründet.
Das bundesdeutsche Nationale Olympische Komitee wird gegründet.
Blue Moon Glows: Canadian Fires Obscure Sun Globally
Massive forest fires across Canada and New England pumped so much smoke into the upper atmosphere that the sun vanished behind a dark haze and the moon turned blue as far away as Europe. The phenomenon demonstrated for the first time how large-scale wildfires could alter atmospheric optics across an entire hemisphere, a preview of the climate disruptions that fire seasons would increasingly produce.
The Chinchaga fire burned through northwestern Canada for months in 1950 — consuming roughly 1.4 million hectares of …
The Chinchaga fire burned through northwestern Canada for months in 1950 — consuming roughly 1.4 million hectares of boreal forest, one of the largest fires in North American recorded history. But most people didn't know it existed. What they noticed was that the eastern United States turned hazy and blue, the sun dimmed to a pale disk, and the moon rose blood-red over cities from New York to Washington. Smoke particles had traveled thousands of miles at altitude. People reported it as eerie and inexplicable. The fire that caused it barely made the news.
en el sitio de pruebas atómicas en Semipalatinsk (Kazajistán) la Unión Soviética hace detonar su tercera bomba atómic…
en el sitio de pruebas atómicas en Semipalatinsk (Kazajistán) la Unión Soviética hace detonar su tercera bomba atómica (la decimotercera de la Historia humana).
disparition du sous-marin La Sibylle.
disparition du sous-marin La Sibylle.
The Routemaster was designed from scratch with input from London bus crews — the conductors and drivers who actually …
The Routemaster was designed from scratch with input from London bus crews — the conductors and drivers who actually used the things. It had a rear open platform that let passengers hop on and off between stops, heating that worked, and an aluminum body light enough to save fuel. London retired it in 2005 after 50 years. The replacement buses were so universally loathed that a new version was commissioned. London spent decades and millions of pounds trying to replace a bus people loved.
Bolivia's geography is one of the most extreme on earth — the Andes wall off the west from the lowland east so comple…
Bolivia's geography is one of the most extreme on earth — the Andes wall off the west from the lowland east so completely that two halves of the same country had almost no road connection. The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway changed that, linking the highland capital region to the agricultural and oil-rich east for the first time by paved road. Before it opened, moving goods between the two regions meant days of rough track or expensive air freight. Bolivia finally met itself.
Mit der Eröffnung der Moosersperre und der Drosensperre wird der Bau des Kraftwerks Kaprun abgeschlossen.
Mit der Eröffnung der Moosersperre und der Drosensperre wird der Bau des Kraftwerks Kaprun abgeschlossen.
Die Uraufführung des Tanzdramas Maratona von Hans Werner Henze findet in Berlin statt.
Die Uraufführung des Tanzdramas Maratona von Hans Werner Henze findet in Berlin statt.
Elvis Presley publica el sencillo "Jailhouse rock", banda sonora de la película Jailhouse Rock protagonizada por él m…
Elvis Presley publica el sencillo "Jailhouse rock", banda sonora de la película Jailhouse Rock protagonizada por él mismo.
Barcelona inaugurated Camp Nou, instantly creating the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity exceeding 90,000 spe…
Barcelona inaugurated Camp Nou, instantly creating the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity exceeding 90,000 spectators. This massive construction project allowed FC Barcelona to move away from their cramped Les Corts home, providing the financial and logistical foundation for the club to evolve into a global sporting powerhouse.
Nine Black students tried to enter Little Rock Central High School.
Nine Black students tried to enter Little Rock Central High School. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to block them. So Eisenhower — who privately had reservations about the pace of desegregation — federalized the Arkansas Guard and sent 1,200 soldiers from the 101st Airborne, combat veterans, to escort nine teenagers to class. The soldiers remained for the entire school year. Faubus responded by closing all of Little Rock's high schools the following year rather than integrate them. Eisenhower had enforced the law. Defiance just found another form.
Günter Grass veröffentlicht seinen Roman Die Blechtrommel.
Günter Grass veröffentlicht seinen Roman Die Blechtrommel.
TAI Flight 307 veered off the runway immediately after lifting off from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, plunging into a ne…
TAI Flight 307 veered off the runway immediately after lifting off from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, plunging into a nearby field and claiming 55 lives. This tragedy forced French aviation authorities to overhaul takeoff procedures for overloaded aircraft at regional airports, directly reducing future runway excursion risks.
USS Enterprise Launched: First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
The USS Enterprise slid into the water at Newport News, Virginia, as the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a vessel so large it required eight nuclear reactors to propel its 93,000-ton displacement. The ship's unlimited range without refueling revolutionized naval warfare and gave the United States the ability to project sustained air power anywhere on the planet.
en los Estados Unidos, los astrónomos neerlandeses Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920-2002) y su esposa Ingrid van Ho…
en los Estados Unidos, los astrónomos neerlandeses Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920-2002) y su esposa Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921-2015) descubren el asteroide Anubis (1912).
Die Deutsche Oper Berlin wird mit einer Aufführung von Mozarts Don Giovanni unter Leitung von Ferenc Fricsay eröffnet.
Die Deutsche Oper Berlin wird mit einer Aufführung von Mozarts Don Giovanni unter Leitung von Ferenc Fricsay eröffnet.
The United States Court of Appeals forced the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, ending the instituti…
The United States Court of Appeals forced the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, ending the institution’s policy of racial segregation. This ruling compelled the federal government to deploy U.S. Marshals and National Guard troops to campus, shattering the legal barriers that had long barred Black students from Southern public universities.
Das zweite Passierscheinabkommen wird zwischen BRD und DDR geschlossen.
Das zweite Passierscheinabkommen wird zwischen BRD und DDR geschlossen.
se transmitió la primera emisión de La Familia Monster (The Munsters), producida por la cadena estadounidense CBS.
se transmitió la primera emisión de La Familia Monster (The Munsters), producida por la cadena estadounidense CBS.
Golpe Militar de 64: Carlos Lacerda viaja ao Uruguai para se encontrar com João Goulart.
Golpe Militar de 64: Carlos Lacerda viaja ao Uruguai para se encontrar com João Goulart.
إسرائيل تنشئ نفقًا جديدًا تحت المسجد الأقصى.
إسرائيل تنشئ نفقًا جديدًا تحت المسجد الأقصى.
Nobody expected a newsmagazine show to last.
Nobody expected a newsmagazine show to last. CBS slotted 60 Minutes into the 1968 fall lineup with almost no promotional budget, and early ratings were so bad the network nearly killed it twice. But producer Don Hewitt had one rule: make every story feel like something a smart friend told you over dinner. It didn't crack the top 30 for its first decade. Then it became the number-one show in America — and stayed there for years.
a 344 m bajo tierra, en el área U12n.04 del Sitio de pruebas de Nevada, Estados Unidos detona su bomba atómica Hudson…
a 344 m bajo tierra, en el área U12n.04 del Sitio de pruebas de Nevada, Estados Unidos detona su bomba atómica Hudson Seal, de 20 kilotones. (En comparación, la bomba de Hiroshima fue de 13 kt).
Swaziland — now called Eswatini — was one of Africa's last absolute monarchies when it joined the United Nations in 1…
Swaziland — now called Eswatini — was one of Africa's last absolute monarchies when it joined the United Nations in 1968, just two months after gaining independence from Britain. King Sobhuza II had been on the throne since 1921, making him already one of the longest-reigning monarchs alive. He'd go on to rule until 1982, a total of 61 years. The tiny landlocked kingdom sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique took its UN seat during one of the tensest periods of southern African history. Small country, enormous neighborhood problems.
An der Universität Sapporo wird die erste endoskopische Kamera präsentiert, die über Glasfaserbündel Bilder aus dem s…
An der Universität Sapporo wird die erste endoskopische Kamera präsentiert, die über Glasfaserbündel Bilder aus dem schlagenden Herzen übertragen kann.
Essuatíni é admitida como Estado-Membro da ONU.
Essuatíni é admitida como Estado-Membro da ONU.
In Chicago beginnt der Prozess gegen die Chicago Eight, die gegen den Vietnamkrieg demonstriert haben.
In Chicago beginnt der Prozess gegen die Chicago Eight, die gegen den Vietnamkrieg demonstriert haben.
The pilots of Japan Airlines Flight 472 landed their aircraft at the correct city, on a paved runway, with no mechani…
The pilots of Japan Airlines Flight 472 landed their aircraft at the correct city, on a paved runway, with no mechanical failures — they simply landed at the wrong airport. Juhu Aerodrome sat roughly 10 kilometers from Santacruz Airport in Bombay, close enough to confuse on approach at night. The 727 overran the too-short strip and 11 people were injured. No one died. It was the second time in three years a commercial jet had made exactly this mistake at exactly these two airports. The first was also a Boeing 727.
The pilots of Japan Airlines Flight 472 landed a Douglas DC-8 at Juhu Aerodrome — a small general aviation strip — in…
The pilots of Japan Airlines Flight 472 landed a Douglas DC-8 at Juhu Aerodrome — a small general aviation strip — instead of Santacruz Airport, just miles away in Bombay. Nobody died. The plane sat there, too large for the runway it had just used, surrounded by confusion about how to get it out. Navigation errors at major airports are usually catastrophic. This one was just deeply, bafflingly embarrassing.
Portugal refused to let go.
Portugal refused to let go. Guinea-Bissau's independence wasn't negotiated — it was seized. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde had been fighting a guerrilla war since 1963, and by 1973 they controlled most of the country's territory. They declared independence unilaterally, before Lisbon agreed to anything. Portugal only formally recognized it in 1974, after its own government collapsed partly because of the cost of fighting wars it couldn't win on three continents simultaneously.
Every previous Everest summit had followed a ridge route — the Southeast Ridge or Northeast Ridge — because ridges of…
Every previous Everest summit had followed a ridge route — the Southeast Ridge or Northeast Ridge — because ridges offered defined paths and managed exposure. The Southwest Face is different: 8,000 feet of near-vertical rock and ice, consistently called unsurvivable in bad conditions. Dougal Haston and Doug Scott reached the summit on September 24, then survived an open bivouac at 28,700 feet — no tent, no sleeping bags — the highest anyone had ever spent a night. They came down frostbitten but alive.
el astrónomo soviético Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh descubre el asteroide número 3158, Anga.
el astrónomo soviético Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh descubre el asteroide número 3158, Anga.
Bei einer Großdemonstration gegen das Kernkraftwerk Kalkar in Nordrhein-Westfalen gehen rund 40.000 Menschen auf die …
Bei einer Großdemonstration gegen das Kernkraftwerk Kalkar in Nordrhein-Westfalen gehen rund 40.000 Menschen auf die Straße. Das Polizeiaufgebot hierzu gilt als das größte in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
In einer Volksabstimmung im Schweizer Kanton Bern entscheiden sich über 80 Prozent für die Schaffung eines neuen Kant…
In einer Volksabstimmung im Schweizer Kanton Bern entscheiden sich über 80 Prozent für die Schaffung eines neuen Kantons Jura.
CompuServe Launches: The Internet Age Begins
CompuServe launched the first consumer internet service, giving ordinary Americans access to electronic mail and online forums for the first time in history. This commercial breakthrough proved that networked computing had mass-market potential, creating the user base and business model that would evolve into the modern internet within fifteen years.
en la Ciudad de México, se inaugura el Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.
en la Ciudad de México, se inaugura el Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.
قيام خالد علوان المنتمي للحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي، بقتل ضابط وأربعة جنود إسرائيليين في مطعم الويمبي بشارع الحمراء…
قيام خالد علوان المنتمي للحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي، بقتل ضابط وأربعة جنود إسرائيليين في مطعم الويمبي بشارع الحمراء في العاصمة اللبنانية بيروت.
Im Theater an der Wien in Wien findet unter der Leitung von Peter Weck die deutschsprachige Erstaufführung des Musica…
Im Theater an der Wien in Wien findet unter der Leitung von Peter Weck die deutschsprachige Erstaufführung des Musicals Cats von Andrew Lloyd Webber statt.
en la localidad de The Dalles (estado de Oregón), miembros de la secta Osho contaminan con salmonella las barras de e…
en la localidad de The Dalles (estado de Oregón), miembros de la secta Osho contaminan con salmonella las barras de ensaladas de diez restaurantes locales (atentado bioterrorista de Osho), en los siguientes días caerán enfermas 751 personas, pero no se producirán muertes.
en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl, el canadiense Ben Johnson gana la carrera de 100 metros, estableciendo un récord mun…
en los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl, el canadiense Ben Johnson gana la carrera de 100 metros, estableciendo un récord mundial (9,79 s).
en Rusia, el Sóviet Supremo aprueba el cambio de la economía al libre mercado.
en Rusia, el Sóviet Supremo aprueba el cambio de la economía al libre mercado.
se publica el disco Rust in Peace de la banda Megadeth.
se publica el disco Rust in Peace de la banda Megadeth.
se publica el disco The Razors Edge de la banda de hard-rock AC/DC.
se publica el disco The Razors Edge de la banda de hard-rock AC/DC.
Every 20 to 30 years, Saturn grows a storm so massive it wraps entirely around the planet.
Every 20 to 30 years, Saturn grows a storm so massive it wraps entirely around the planet. Amateur astronomer Stuart Wilber spotted it first in 1990 — a brilliant white smear spreading across the northern hemisphere at roughly 1,500 kilometers per hour. Within weeks it had circled the entire planet. The Great White Spot generates lightning a thousand times more powerful than anything on Earth. Saturn looks serene from a distance. It isn't.
Die Nationale Volksarmee der DDR wird aus dem Warschauer Pakt im Hinblick auf die deutsche Vereinigung herausgelöst.
Die Nationale Volksarmee der DDR wird aus dem Warschauer Pakt im Hinblick auf die deutsche Vereinigung herausgelöst. Rainer Eppelmann als Minister für Abrüstung und Verteidigung der DDR und der Oberkommandierende im Warschauer Pakt, der sowjetische Armeegeneral Pjotr G. Luschew, unterschreiben in Ost-Berlin ein Protokoll zum Verlassen der militärischen Organisation des Bündnisses.
se publica el disco Nevermind, de la banda Nirvana.
se publica el disco Nevermind, de la banda Nirvana.
se publica el disco Blood Sugar Sex Magik de Red Hot Chili Peppers.
se publica el disco Blood Sugar Sex Magik de Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Norodom Sihanouk had been king, then abdicated to become a politician, then prime minister, then was overthrown, then…
Norodom Sihanouk had been king, then abdicated to become a politician, then prime minister, then was overthrown, then spent years in exile in Beijing, then returned under Vietnamese occupation — and in 1993, at 70 years old, he became king again. Cambodia's monarchy had been abolished in 1970. Restoring it after the Khmer Rouge, after Vietnamese occupation, after UN-supervised elections, was an act of reaching for something that felt like before. Sihanouk knew better than anyone that nothing was really before. But he put the crown on anyway.
The date listed is 1994, but the National League for Democracy was actually founded in 1988, days after the military …
The date listed is 1994, but the National League for Democracy was actually founded in 1988, days after the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi helped form it while the streets were still bloodied. The party won 81% of parliamentary seats in 1990. The military ignored the result and kept her under house arrest for most of the next 21 years. The NLD's founding didn't end the junta. But it gave an opposition a name, a structure, and a leader the regime couldn't quite make disappear.
en Orán (Argelia), un fanático musulmán asesina al cantante Cheb Hasni (26) debido a que cantaba música raï romántica.
en Orán (Argelia), un fanático musulmán asesina al cantante Cheb Hasni (26) debido a que cantaba música raï romántica.
Oliver McCall gewinnt seinen Boxkampf und Weltmeistertitel im Schwergewicht gegen Lennox Lewis in der Wembley Arena d…
Oliver McCall gewinnt seinen Boxkampf und Weltmeistertitel im Schwergewicht gegen Lennox Lewis in der Wembley Arena durch technischen K. o.
diffusion de la série télévisée britannique « Orgueil et Préjugés » sur BBC One, d’après le roman de Jane Austen et d…
diffusion de la série télévisée britannique « Orgueil et Préjugés » sur BBC One, d’après le roman de Jane Austen et dont l’action se déroule dans la campagne anglaise de la fin du XVIIIe siècle autour des Bennett & Darcy.
In Taba auf der Sinaihalbinsel wird das Interimsabkommen über das Westjordanland und den Gazastreifen zwischen Israel…
In Taba auf der Sinaihalbinsel wird das Interimsabkommen über das Westjordanland und den Gazastreifen zwischen Israel und der PLO unterzeichnet.
Nations Sign Ban Treaty: Nuclear Tests Prohibited Forever
Representatives from 71 nations signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations, establishing a global moratorium on nuclear explosions that halted the testing phase of new warhead designs. This agreement created the legal framework for the International Monitoring System, which now detects even the smallest underground detonations to verify compliance worldwide.
In Bahrain wird ein Gesetz zur Gründung von freien Gewerkschaften erlassen.
In Bahrain wird ein Gesetz zur Gründung von freien Gewerkschaften erlassen.
Das Europäische Parlament empfiehlt durch großen öffentlichen Druck eine Abänderung der bisherigen Richtlinie zur Ein…
Das Europäische Parlament empfiehlt durch großen öffentlichen Druck eine Abänderung der bisherigen Richtlinie zur Einführung von Softwarepatenten in der EU.
Das litauische Kabinett beschließt den Verkauf der Anteile an der russischen Gazprom.
Das litauische Kabinett beschließt den Verkauf der Anteile an der russischen Gazprom.
Im deutschen „Kopftuchstreit“ ergeht das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, das der Beschwerdeführerin Fereshta Lu…
Im deutschen „Kopftuchstreit“ ergeht das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, das der Beschwerdeführerin Fereshta Ludin Recht gibt, ihr sei der Zugang zu einem öffentlichen Amt in verfassungsrechtlich nicht tragfähiger Weise verwehrt worden.
Richard Virenque fait ses adieux de coureur cycliste à ses supporters depuis la scène de l'Olympia de Paris.
Richard Virenque fait ses adieux de coureur cycliste à ses supporters depuis la scène de l'Olympia de Paris.
Rita hit the Gulf Coast just three weeks after Katrina — the exhausted evacuation routes jammed so badly that more pe…
Rita hit the Gulf Coast just three weeks after Katrina — the exhausted evacuation routes jammed so badly that more people died fleeing Rita than died in the storm itself. Over 2.5 million people tried to leave Houston in 100-degree heat, a traffic standstill stretching 100 miles. The storm made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, devastating Beaumont and Lake Charles. Katrina had already emptied FEMA's credibility. Rita arrived before anyone had finished counting the cost of the last one.
Die Polizei in Pittsburgh setzt zum Zerstreuen von Demonstranten gegen den stattfindenden G20-Gipfel erstmals in den …
Die Polizei in Pittsburgh setzt zum Zerstreuen von Demonstranten gegen den stattfindenden G20-Gipfel erstmals in den Vereinigten Staaten die Schallwaffe LRAD gegen Zivilisten ein.
en España se emite por primera vez El hormiguero, uno de los programas más exitosos en España.
en España se emite por primera vez El hormiguero, uno de los programas más exitosos en España.
Monks and citizens flooded the streets of Yangon in the largest anti-government uprising Burma had seen in two decades.
Monks and citizens flooded the streets of Yangon in the largest anti-government uprising Burma had seen in two decades. This Saffron Revolution forced the ruling military junta to confront unprecedented public defiance, ultimately accelerating the regime's transition toward a managed, multi-party political system and the eventual release of long-term political prisoners like Aung San Suu Kyi.
احتجاجات مناهضة للحكومة في بورما شارك بها ما بين 30,000 و100,000 شخص، وهي تعد الأكبر منذ عشرين سنة.
احتجاجات مناهضة للحكومة في بورما شارك بها ما بين 30,000 و100,000 شخص، وهي تعد الأكبر منذ عشرين سنة.
en los Estados Unidos sale al aire el primer capítulo de la serie televisiva The Big Bang Theory.
en los Estados Unidos sale al aire el primer capítulo de la serie televisiva The Big Bang Theory.
Thabo Mbeki didn't lose an election — he was recalled by his own party.
Thabo Mbeki didn't lose an election — he was recalled by his own party. The ANC's national executive committee asked him to resign in September 2008, following a judge's ruling that he'd interfered in the corruption prosecution of Jacob Zuma. Mbeki had governed South Africa for nine years. He announced his resignation in a televised address, composed and dignified, and was gone within days. The man who replaced him as ANC leader, Zuma, would spend the next decade generating the very controversies Mbeki had been accused of trying to suppress.
South African Airlink Flight 8911 slammed into a hillside while approaching Durban International Airport, killing Cap…
South African Airlink Flight 8911 slammed into a hillside while approaching Durban International Airport, killing Captain Sibusiso Moyo and injuring his crew. The tragedy forced aviation regulators to tighten cockpit resource management protocols across South Africa, directly addressing how pilots handle sudden system failures during critical landing phases.
Pittsburgh's G20 summit was the first time an LRAD — Long Range Acoustic Device — was turned on American citizens.
Pittsburgh's G20 summit was the first time an LRAD — Long Range Acoustic Device — was turned on American citizens. The sound cannon, developed for military crowd control, emitted a tone painful enough to disperse protesters outside. World leaders inside were discussing global financial recovery; outside, people were being moved by weaponized noise. Thirty heads of state, one very loud debut of a technology that's been at U.S. protests ever since.
Der vom Sondengänger Terry Herbert in Staffordshire in der Nähe von Lichfield entdeckte Hortfund wird von den britisc…
Der vom Sondengänger Terry Herbert in Staffordshire in der Nähe von Lichfield entdeckte Hortfund wird von den britischen Behörden zum Schatz erklärt. Der Schatz von Staffordshire ist der bisher größte ans Tageslicht gekommene Fund aus angelsächsischer Zeit.
حادث تصادم قطارين في بئر الباي في تونس يودي بحياة شخص وإصابة 57 آخرون.
حادث تصادم قطارين في بئر الباي في تونس يودي بحياة شخص وإصابة 57 آخرون.
إجراء انتخابات المجلس الوطني الاتحادي في دولة الإمارات بترشح 469 عضوًا.
إجراء انتخابات المجلس الوطني الاتحادي في دولة الإمارات بترشح 469 عضوًا.
Der Erdbeobachtungssatellit UARS tritt rund 20 Jahre nach dem Start und begleitet von großem Medieninteresse wieder i…
Der Erdbeobachtungssatellit UARS tritt rund 20 Jahre nach dem Start und begleitet von großem Medieninteresse wieder in die Erdatmosphäre ein.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake leveled thousands of homes across Pakistan’s Balochistan province, claiming over 327 lives…
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake leveled thousands of homes across Pakistan’s Balochistan province, claiming over 327 lives and displacing tens of thousands. The tremor’s force was so intense that it pushed the seabed upward, creating a new, mud-volcano island off the coast of Gwadar that briefly captivated geologists before eventually sinking back into the Arabian Sea.
hizo su estreno Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., la primera serie televisiva del Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel.
hizo su estreno Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., la primera serie televisiva del Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel.
India became the first nation to reach Martian orbit on its maiden attempt as the Mars Orbiter Mission successfully f…
India became the first nation to reach Martian orbit on its maiden attempt as the Mars Orbiter Mission successfully fired its engines to enter the red planet's gravity. This feat established the Indian Space Research Organisation as a global leader in cost-effective deep space exploration, proving that complex interplanetary missions could be achieved on a modest budget.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission — called Mangalyaan, 'Mars craft' — was built in 15 months on a budget of $74 million, l…
India's Mars Orbiter Mission — called Mangalyaan, 'Mars craft' — was built in 15 months on a budget of $74 million, less than the production cost of the film Gravity, which came out the same year. When it entered Mars orbit in September 2014, scientists at ISRO embraced and wept. No Asian country had reached Mars before. No country had done it on a first attempt. The spacecraft was designed for a six-month mission. It lasted over 1,000 days. The team that built it included a significant number of women engineers, a detail that became its own kind of statement.
The Mina valley outside Mecca is where pilgrims performing Hajj must travel to throw stones at pillars representing t…
The Mina valley outside Mecca is where pilgrims performing Hajj must travel to throw stones at pillars representing the devil — a ritual that requires millions of people moving through narrow passages at appointed times. In September 2015, two large crowds converged on Street 204 from different directions. Within minutes, at least 1,100 people were dead, crushed or suffocated in one of history's deadliest stampedes. Saudi authorities put the figure lower. Other governments, counting their own missing nationals, counted higher. The Hajj had seen deadly crushes before — and would face calls for redesigned crowd management it had resisted for years.
en Allemagne, la C.D.U./C.S.U.
en Allemagne, la C.D.U./C.S.U. d'Angela Merkel conserve une majorité relative des sièges, lors des élections fédérales.
référendum en Slovénie.
référendum en Slovénie.
الإعلان عن فوز مرشح المعارضة إبراهيم محمد صليح على رئيس جزر المالديف القائم عبد الله يمين في الانتخابات الرئاسية التي…
الإعلان عن فوز مرشح المعارضة إبراهيم محمد صليح على رئيس جزر المالديف القائم عبد الله يمين في الانتخابات الرئاسية التي أجريت يوم 23 سبتمبر 2018.
Au Royaume-Uni, à l'unanimité, la Cour suprême déclare illégale, nulle et sans effet la prorogation du Parlement par …
Au Royaume-Uni, à l'unanimité, la Cour suprême déclare illégale, nulle et sans effet la prorogation du Parlement par Boris Johnson.
زلزالٌ يضرب منطقة آزاد كشمير بِقُوَّة 5.6 درجات، ويتسبب بِمصرع 38 شخصًا وإصابة 723 آخرين.
زلزالٌ يضرب منطقة آزاد كشمير بِقُوَّة 5.6 درجات، ويتسبب بِمصرع 38 شخصًا وإصابة 723 آخرين.
en Argentina, asume la presidencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación el ministro Horacio Rosatti.
en Argentina, asume la presidencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación el ministro Horacio Rosatti.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule splashed down in Utah, delivering the first pristine samples collected directly from astero…
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule splashed down in Utah, delivering the first pristine samples collected directly from asteroid 101955 Bennu. This return enables scientists to analyze the primordial material that formed our solar system over four billion years ago, revealing secrets about water and organic compounds that could explain life's origins on Earth.
en France, à l'issue des élections sénatoriales, Les Républicains conservent leur majorité au Sénat.
en France, à l'issue des élections sénatoriales, Les Républicains conservent leur majorité au Sénat.
second jour des bombardements israéliens au Liban qui font 77 morts de plus dont 15 enfants, 190 blessés ainsi que 50…
second jour des bombardements israéliens au Liban qui font 77 morts de plus dont 15 enfants, 190 blessés ainsi que 500 000 déplacés.
en México, se inaugura la cuarta sección del Bosque de Chapultepec y la Línea 3 del Cablebús desde Los Pinos/Constitu…
en México, se inaugura la cuarta sección del Bosque de Chapultepec y la Línea 3 del Cablebús desde Los Pinos/Constituyentes a Vasco de Quiroga.
selon le Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, la septième des neuf limites planétaires est franchie avec l'acid…
selon le Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, la septième des neuf limites planétaires est franchie avec l'acidification des océans.
le typhon Ragasa (photo) atteint la Chine après avoir frappé les Philippines puis Taïwan, causant au moins 27 morts.
le typhon Ragasa (photo) atteint la Chine après avoir frappé les Philippines puis Taïwan, causant au moins 27 morts.