Todays History

A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

A volcano on White Island, New Zealand, kills at least 18 people after it erupts.

First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China

First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.