Today in History

2000 Vladimir Putin is elected President of RussiaThe ex-KGB officer has been lauded for leading Russia out of the 1990 economic crisis and criticized for building a regime that many...

1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, is launchedWard Cunningham introduced the wiki, or user-editable website. Today, Wikipedia is the world's most well known and widely used wiki. 1988 Thousands of people join...

1999 For the first time in its history, NATO attacks a sovereign countryThe military alliance bombed Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War - without a UN mandate. 1989 Oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs...

2007 The Russian space station Mir plunges into the seaThe legendary station was disposed of in a controlled crash after 15 years in space. 1980 Archbishop Óscar Romero calls on members of...