On This Day

This Day in History

1. 2022Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister after the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
2. 2018The Supreme Court of India struck down part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thereby legalising homosexuality in the country.
3. 2017Hurricane Irma attained peak intensity close to the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
4. 2000The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the very first Pride Night in the history of Major League Baseball.
5. 1999The Parliament of Singapore moved from the Old Parliament House to its current meeting place.
6. 1997An estimated 2.5 billion people around the world watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.
7. 1995Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old record.
8. 1976Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 aircraft in Hakodate, Japan, announcing his intention to defect to the West.
9. 1970During Black September, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the final attempt was foiled near London.
10. 1963The Kennedy administration dispatched Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to evaluate the progress of the Vietnam War.
11. 1952A prototype aircraft crashed during the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot, the test observer on board, and 29 spectators.
12. 1944During World War II, Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu while advancing to re-establish their rule in Estonia.
13. 1930Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was removed from office during a military coup led by José Félix Uriburu.
14. 1916Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store, was established in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
15. 1901U.S. president William McKinley was fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, dying eight days later.
16. 1863General John S. Marmaduke fatally wounded Lucius M. Walker, a fellow colleague in the Confederate Army, during a formal duel in Arkansas.