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1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
Highlights of this day in history: Convicted Nazi war criminal Herman Goering commits suicide behind bars; World War I spy Mata Hari executed; Nikita Khrushchev ousted as Soviet Union's leader; 'I ...
Progression of the most-viewed video on YouTube Video name Uploader Views at achievement* Publication date Date achieved Days after upload Days held Takedown date Ref Notes "Baby Shark Dance" [7] Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories: 7,046,700,000: June 17, 2016: November 2, 2020 1600 1,571 "Despacito" [10] Luis Fonsi: 2,993,700,000 ...
Coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama dominated the January 19 and 20 editions of Today, as the four anchors broadcast from Washington on both days. On the 19th, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira anchored all four hours from the network's Capitol Hill studios on 400 North Capitol St. Natalie Morales joined them during the third hour.
1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
Exactly 40 years later, Vice President Kamala Harris made history at her inauguration, becoming, as This Day in History for Kids notes, "the first female, first Black woman, and first Asian ...
Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History; Internet Movie Database: This Day in Movie History
Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. 1985 – Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal. [19] 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.