Todays History

Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet’]

Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Crusade’]

The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty’]

Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi’]

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal’]

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook’]

The Hawke’s Bay earthquake, New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, kills 258. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931_Hawke%27s_Bay_earthquake’]

Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Hama_massacre’]

Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj#Failures_in_crowd_control’]