Todays History

Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen

Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England

The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation

Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.

Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.

Constantinople is consecrated

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France

In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by…

The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.