Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
A COVID-19 quarantine hotel collapsed in China, leaving 70 people trapped.
Queen Elizabeth II published her first post on Instagram.
Brazilian soccer athlete Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. started his professional career at just 17 years old.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the first images of the surface of Pluto.
US Air Force divers located the Challenger Space Shuttle's crew cabin at the bottom of the ocean.
A speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helps spark the Bangladesh war of independence.
Newsroom on BBC2 switched to color, making it the first color news in the UK.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
Citizens of Bikini Island evacuated for nuclear testing.
U.S. troops capture the Ludendorff Bridge and cross the Rhine at Remagen.
Finland's Parliament House in Helsinki was inaugurated.
The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.
The first two-way transatlantic telephone takes place.
Prince Wilhelm of Wied arrived in Albania to begin his reign as King.
The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first cornflakes.
Napoleon I of France won the Battle of Craonne, stopping Russian and Prussian forces in Northern France.
