Over 300 million people started using euro coins and banknotes, making it one of the largest currency changeovers in history. Countries like Germany s...
Eleven European countries adopted the euro for banking and financial transactions, while citizens continued using their national currencies in daily l...
The telecommunications giant's monopoly was shattered after an antitrust lawsuit, creating companies like Bell Atlantic and Pacific Telesis. Ironicall...
This technical transition is considered the birth of the modern internet as we know it. The standardized protocol allowed different computer networks...
After years of debate and mounting health evidence, tobacco companies were forced to pull their TV ads at the stroke of midnight. The last cigarette c...
The Sea, Air, and Land teams were created to conduct unconventional warfare in maritime environments. The first two teams were commissioned on this da...
After years of guerrilla warfare, Castro's 26th of July Movement successfully ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista. The Cuban Revolution would reshape Co...
Six founding nations—France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg—launched what would eventually evolve into the European Union....
After a decade of conventions and referendums, Australia became a self-governing dominion within the British Empire. The first prime minister, Edmund...
The 15-year-old Irish girl received a $10 gold piece for being the first of over 12 million immigrants processed at Ellis Island. Officials gave her t...
President Abraham Lincoln's executive order declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were to be set free. While it didn't immed...
The Church of La Compañía was packed with worshippers when someone mistakenly shouted about a fire. The ensuing stampede became one of the deadliest d...
Founded by John Walter, the newspaper would become one of the world's most influential publications. It changed its name to The Times just three years...
The British naval administrator began keeping a detailed personal diary that he'd maintain for nearly a decade. His eyewitness accounts of the Great P...