On This Day

This Day in History

1. 2024Protesting the passage of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill, thousands of people stormed Kenya's Parliament Buildings.
2. 2022As part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces captured the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk following six weeks of combat.
3. 2022Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Padma Bridge, which stands as the longest bridge in Bangladesh.
4. 2022During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Battle of Sievierodonetsk concluded after weeks of heavy fighting with the city's capture by Russian forces, sparking the Battle of Lysychansk.
5. 2013Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA acknowledged the existence of Area 51. The secretive U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada is the subject of UFO and other conspiracy theories.
6. 2009Singer Michael Jackson passed away as a result of a combination of drugs in his body.
7. 1978Representing gay pride, the original version of the rainbow flag made its debut flight at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade.
8. 1967An estimated audience exceeding 400 million people watched Our World, the very first live international satellite television production.
9. 1960Two cryptographers employed by the U.S. National Security Agency went on vacation to Mexico and proceeded to defect to the Soviet Union.
10. 1950The Korean War commenced when North Korean troops launched a pre-dawn raid across the 38th parallel into South Korea.
11. 1950The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 82, condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
12. 1944During World War II, naval vessels from the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy bombarded Cherbourg, France, backing U.S. Army units participating in the Battle of Cherbourg.
13. 1940During the Second World War, Operation Aerial finished evacuating nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports.
14. 1926As part of a broad raid against Spanish immigrants in Paris, French police arrested Los Errantes while they prepared to assassinate Spanish King Alfonso XIII.
15. 1910The United States Congress enacted the Mann Act, which outlawed the transport of females across state lines for "immoral purposes".
16. 1658In the Anglo-Spanish War, the three-day Battle of Rio Nuevo commenced, marking the largest battle ever fought on Jamaica.