Todays History

Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

The Ballantyne’s Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.

Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.

The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.

In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.

Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.