On This Day

This Day in History

1. 2018The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 arrived at the asteroid Ryugu to collect samples for return to Earth.
2. 2017Websites belonging to Ukrainian organizations were swamped by a massive cyberattack involving the Petya malware, which was blamed on Russian military hackers.
3. 2015An ignition of corn starch triggered a dust fire at a New Taipei City, Taiwan water park, resulting in 15 deaths and injuring over 400 people.
4. 2008Robert Mugabe won re-election as President of Zimbabwe with an overwhelming majority after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew, citing violence targeted at his party's supporters.
5. 2007A major joint military and civil police operation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro killed 19 people and injured several others amid an ongoing conflict between police and drug dealers.
6. 1994Members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carried out a sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano, which killed eight people and injured more than 500 others.
7. 1991During the Croatian War of Independence, a civilian placed his car in the path of an advancing Yugoslav Army tank in Osijek, Croatia, becoming a symbol of Croatian resistance.
8. 1976The first identifiable case of Ebola was recorded in Sudan.
9. 1957Hurricane Audrey struck land near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing more than 400 people, primarily in and around Cameron, Louisiana, U.S.
10. 1954Jacobo Árbenz stepped down as President of Guatemala following a CIA-led coup targeting his administration.
11. 1950During the Korean War's first air engagement, five North Korean aircraft targeted an American air convoy over Suwon Air Base.
12. 1905Crew members aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied against their officers during the First Russian Revolution.
13. 1899A. E. J. Collins posted an undefeated score of 628 runs, establishing the highest recorded cricket score until it was surpassed in 2016.
14. 1869A day after surrendering at the Battle of Hakodate, Enomoto Takeaki surrendered Goryōkaku fort to Japanese forces, marking the downfall of the Republic of Ezo.
15. 1869The military phase of Japan's Meiji Restoration concluded following an imperial victory in the Boshin War.
16. 1864In the American Civil War, General Sherman's failed frontal attack on the Confederate Army of Tennessee did not prevent the Union army from continuing its advance toward Atlanta.