History
On this day in 1866: © Neil Wigmore/Shutterstock.com 1886 The South African city of Johannesburg was founded
On this day in history, in 1886, Johannesburg emerged from the Witwatersrand gold rush, beginning the extraordinary transformation of a...
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On this day in 2014; Scottish voters rejected a referendum that would have made Scotland an independent country.
On 18 September 2014, voters in Scotland made one of the most consequential political decisions in the country’s modern history....
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On this day in 2001: Wall Street reopens after September 11 attacks
On September 17, 2001, the New York Stock Exchange reopened for trading for the first time since the September 11...
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On this day in 1977: Opera singer Maria Callas died
Maria Callas became one of the defining voices of the 20th century, transforming opera through a combination of extraordinary musical...
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On this day in 1935: The Nürnberg Laws were passed in Germany
On 15 September 1935, Nazi Germany transformed racial ideology into national law. The Nürnberg Laws stripped German Jews of fundamental...
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On this day in 1960: Five oil nations create OPEC in Baghdad
On this day in 1960, five oil-producing nations gathered in Baghdad and created an organisation that would fundamentally alter the...
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On this day in 1598: Philip III crowned king of Spain and Portugal
On 13 September 1598, Philip III succeeded his father as ruler of one of the largest empires on Earth, becoming...
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On this day in 2003: Johnny Cash died
Johnny Cash was never simply a country singer. He sang about prisoners, poverty, faith, addiction, love and redemption – and...
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On this day in 2001: The attacks that changed America and the world
Twenty-five years ago today, hijacked passenger aircraft struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the deadliest terrorist attack...
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The Large Hadron Collider begins a new era of particle physics
On 10 September 2008, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator successfully completed its first major operational test, sending a beam...
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