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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
April 24: Dominican Civil War: Forces loyal to former president Juan Bosch overthrow current leader Donald Reid Cabral. April 26: Establishment of Rede Globo, now the largest TV network in Brazil and Latin America and the second-largest in the world after ABC. May 18: Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus. August 9: Singapore gains ...
We collected old photos of major leaders, past and current, to give a taste of who they once were. Unfortunately, we were limited by photo availability, so not every major figure from the 20th and ...
In more recent history, Dipendra was the undisputed King of Nepal for only around 56 hours in 2001, after perpetrating the massacre of his father the king and his family. [24] Pedro Carmona was the acting president of Venezuela for 36 hours in 2002 following a brief coup against Hugo Chavez .
More than one historian consulted by Bloom named this the worst year in U.S. history. It included the Civil War's Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history, which took ...
Despite this, it is not impossible for presidents in recent memory to change rankings. For example, Mr Obama has risen nine places since the first survey, from 16th in 2015 to 7th place in 2024.
The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution.. This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government.