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The Euro is established (Jan 1), the Mars Polar Lander is launched (Jan 3), Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon (Mar 21), China launches its first spacecraft (Nov 20), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by rowboat alone (Dec 3), 3rd millennium celebrations around the world take place, shadowed by the “Year 2000 problem” (Dec 31) – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1999”
19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning (Jan 12), Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion U.S. dollars (Mar 1), data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice (Mar 2), the Alashi Kaikyoo Bridge becomes world’s longest suspension bridge (Apr 5), Indonesia’s Suharto resigns after 32 years in power (May 21), Google Inc. is founded in California (Sep 4), India and Pakistan test their nuclear capacity – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1998”
The Phoenix lights – a series of UFOs – are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) – and all these fine people were born:
Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union (Jan 1), Finland wins her first ice hockey world championship in Stockholm, and Jacques Chirac becomes the president of France (May 7), Microsoft releases Windows 95 (Aug 24), the DVD is announced, and eBay is founded (Sep 4), O.J. Simpson is found not guilty in his murder trial (Oct 3), Pokémon media franchise is created by Satoshi Tajiri – and all these fine people were born:
France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test (Jan 21), at the urging of Yasser Arafat, PLO drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel, and the Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause about Palestine (Apr 24), the first cloned mammal – Dolly the sheep – is born in Scotland (Jul 5), data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on of Jupiter’s moons (Aug 13), NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor with the mission to map the planet (Nov 7), the Yugoslav Wars go on – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1996”
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during WW2 (Jan 13), the U.S. and Russia promise not to target each other’s cities with nuclear weapons (Jan 26), and the Cold War is officially over (Feb 1), the Maastrict Treaty creates the European Union (Feb 7), white South Africans vote to in effect end the apartheid (Mar 18), Jay Leno succeeds Johnny Carson as the host of NBC’s Tonight Show (May 25), Lennart Meri becomes the first president of newly independent Estonia (Oct 6), Bill Clinton becomes the president elect (Nov 3), Yugoslavia is split into several independent states – and all these fine people were born:
The first public radio broadcast takes place, in New York City (Jan 13), William D. Boyce founds The Boy Scouts of America (Feb 8), slavery is made illegal in China (Mar 10), comet Halley is visible from Earth (Apr 20), George V becomes King of the United Kingdom (May 6), the first commercial freight flight occurs, in Ohio (Nov 7), the last execution is carried out in Sweden, by guillotine (Nov 23), modern neon lighting is first demonstrated in Paris, France (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born:
The future leaders of their respective countries, Joseph Stalin, Josip Broz Tito and Adolf Hitler all live in Vienna in January 1913 (Jan), Grand Central Terminal in New York City reopens as the world’s largest railroad station (Feb 1), Woodrow Wilson is sworn is as the 28th U.S. President (Mar 4), the release of a first full-length Indian feature film marks the beginning of the Indian film industry (May 5), stainless steel in invented in Sheffield, England (Aug 13), the Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug 23) – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1913”
The first transatlantic telephone call is made (Jan 7), the first Volvo rolls off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 14), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded (May 11), Charles Lindbergh sets off in his Spirit of St. Louis for the first solo nonstop transatlantic airplane flight from New York to Paris (May 20), the first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth (Sep 7), carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore begins (Oct 4), the Holland Tunnel becomes the first tunnel to link Manhattan and New Jersey (Nov 12), the first Laurel and Hardy film is released (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1927”
The airline Deutsche Luft Hansa is founded in Berlin (Jan 6), Franco becomes General of Spain (Feb 25), explorer Richard E. Byrd and his co-pilot claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, but some experts have since been skeptical of the claim (May 9), a weather map is televised for the first time (Aug 18), the sudden death of Rudolph Valentino causes worldwide grief (Aug 23), A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is published in London (Oct 14), United States’ Numbered Highway System – including Route 66 – is established (Nov 11), Al Capone is at the apex of his power – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1926”
Suffrage for women is obtained in Sweden, and Chaplin’s The Kid is released in the United States (Jan 21), Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England (Mar 17), the Allies of WW1 reparations commission announce that Germany has to pay $33 trillion in annual installments of 2.5 billion (Apr 27), the Province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom (May 5), the death penalty is abolished in Sweden (Jun 30), insulin is discovered (Jul 27), The Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino premiers in L.A. (Oct 21), roughly 5 million people die in the Russian Famine – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1921”
The Soviets occupy Warzaw (Jan 17), the Soviet Army liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps (Jan 27), the Yalta Conference begins (Feb 4), Korea is divided into two separate parts, which leads later to the Korean War (Sep 8), Gandhi and Nehru demand that all British troops leave India (Sep 20), the United Nations is founded (Oct 24), Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France (Nov 16) – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1945”