On this Day in History

On this day in 1606, British Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes is executed

On this day in 1948 Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated

On this day in 2002, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea are dubbed the “axis of evil”

On this day in 1986, the Challenger space shuttle explodes

On this day in 1945, Soviet forces liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp

On this day in 1788, the first European settlement arrives in Australia

On this day in 1919, a commission on the League of Nations is established

On this day in 2004 exploration rover Opportunity touches down on Mars

On this day in 1986, the first artists were inducted in the Hall of Fame

On this day in 1973, the ruling of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the US

On this day in 1976, the Concorde took its flight

On this day in 2008, Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the US

On this day in 1966, Indira Gandhi became the first female Prime Minister of India

On this day in 1871, the German Empire was established

On this day in 1893, the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown

On this day in 1991, the Persian Gulf War began

On this day in 1759, the British Museum opened to the public

On this day in 1900, Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premieres

On this day in 1898, French author Émile Zola published “J'accuse”

On this day in 2010, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake