Today in History

2003 Shenzhou 5, China’s first human space flight mission launched Launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the middle of the Gobi desert in northern China, this launch brought the Chinese into the exclusive club of countries that have achieved manned…

1994 Two Israelis and a Palestinian Share the Nobel Peace Prize The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres shared the Nobel Peace Prize, which is annually awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee based in Oslo, with the President…

2012 Mauritanian President injured Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot at and injured. Official reports suggest that he was mistakenly shot by the military. 2010 Chilean Miners Rescued The last of the miners trapped in the San José copper-gold mine…

2008 Falcon 1 is launched Falcon 1, the first privately supported and funded spacecraft, was launched into space on its fourth attempt by SpaceX. 1995 Israel and PLO Sign the Oslo II Accords The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the…

1996 Taliban take over Kabul Following the take-over, the Islamic fundamentalist group established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. 1962 Establishment of Yemen Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser declared the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic after staging a coup that deposed the…