Today in History

2005 World’s first successful partial face transplantDrs Bernard Devauchelle, Benoit Lengelé, and Jean-Michel Dubernard used donor tissue to reconstruct the face of Isabelle Dinoire in Amiens, France. Isabelle Dinoire’s face...

2003 Concorde retired from serviceConcorde retired from service after 27 years of flight 1983 Brink’s Mat gold heistThe £ 26 million robbery took place in a Brink Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport...

1973 Military coup in GreecePresident George Papadopoulos was ousted by the army, just a week after student-led protests at the Athens Polytechnic were violently put down by the government. 1960 Assassination of...

2012 Fire breaks out in a clothing factory in DhakaOver 110 people were killed and about 200 people were injured at the Tazreen Fashion factory on the outskirts of Dhaka,...