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April 11, 1954, is considered by search engine Evi as the least eventful day in the 20th century. Very few significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on this day. [29] [30] Born: Ian F. Akyildiz (born Ilhan Fuat Akyildiz), Turkish American electrical engineer; in Istanbul, Turkey [citation needed]
~1 year ~2 years The Panic of 1825, a stock crash following a bubble of speculative investments in Latin America led to a decline in business activity in the United States and England. The recession coincided with a major panic, the date of which may be more easily determined than general cycle changes associated with other recessions.
When did America begin? Well, the United States became a country in 1776 and drafted a constitution in 1787. Seems simple enough, right?Yet many Americans remain unsatisfied with such an obvious ...
April 2019 – James Earl Carter Jr. becomes the longest ever living U.S. president at 94 years old, following the death of George H. W. Bush in December 2018. April 27, 2019 – A gunman kills one and injures three in a California Synagogue. The suspect is white supremacist John Timothy Earnest, who was 19 years old at the time.
Dubbed "the worst year to be alive" by Harvard historian Michael McCormick, the year 536 saw an inexplicable, dense fog that shrouded much of Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in darkness ...
October 23: At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the Falklands War. October 29: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands.
2024 was the year of the vote. More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population – selected their leaders. In the history of democracy, it is a first. In the history of ...
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...