Todays History

The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.

In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.

Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.

The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s marriage is annulled.

Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.

Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.

Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.