fp.HISTORY_CONTAINS_TAG History

2023

Texas became a U.S. state on this day in 1845, joining the Union as the 28th state.

2023

Confederate Memorial Day is observed in some U.S. states to commemorate the soldiers who served in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

2009

China becomes the world's third nation to send humans to space.

2003

The Concorde makes its last commercial flight, marking the end of an era in supersonic air travel.

2001

Apple releases the first iPod, revolutionizing portable music players.

1998

The Gothenburg discotheque fire in Sweden claims 63 lives and injures over 200.

1995

Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.

1991

The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace takes place.

1983

U.S. troops invade the Caribbean nation of Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury.

1980

El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty, ending the Football War.