The Klondike Gold Rush begins. Bayer first produces Aspirin. Juventus F.C. football club is founded.

The last quagga dies. Krakatoa explodes killing 40,000. Brooklyn Bridge opens.

The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. Cuba revolts for independence against Spain.

The Simpsons characters first appear. The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off. Michael Jackson releases “Bad”.

The Stars and Stripes adopted as flag of the U.S.A. Captain Cook discovers Kiritimati aka. Christmas Island.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge opens. Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles. BBC World Service begins broadcasting.

The Syrian Civil War begins. South Sudan secedes from Sudan. Anders Behring Breivik kills 77 in Norway.

The Venus de Milo is discovered. George IV ascends the throne. James Monroe is re-elected president.

The War in Darfur begins. The Concorde makes its last commercial flight. Saddam Hussein is captured.

Three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi. Nelson Mandela sentenced to life. Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Titanic sinks. New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states in the U.S.A. Piltdown Man hoax perpetrated.

Mt. Vesuvius erupts. McCormick patents reaping machine. The Spanish Inquisition is suppressed by royal decree.

Toxic gas leaks in Bhopal, India, killing 2,000. Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Album of the Year at the Grammys: Thriller.

Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister. Hitler invades Denmark.

UK overcome Argentina in Falklands war. Best Picture at the Oscars: Chariots of Fire. Grammy Song of the Year: “Bette Davis Eyes”.

U.S. produces the first Frisbee. Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal. The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in the UK.

U.S. invades Grenada. Best Picture at the Oscars: Gandhi. El Niño phenomenon disrupts global weather patterns.

Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony. Mormon Church outlaws polygamy. Death of Vincent van Gogh.

U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. Black-nationalist leader Malcolm X shot to death. Best Picture at the Oscars: My Fair Lady.

Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. Puccini’s “La Boheme” premiers. First modern Olympic Games held, in Athens.

Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night. The Wall Street Journal established. The first jukebox in San Francisco.

Verdi’s “Nabucco” premiers in Milan. First adhesive postage stamps in the U.S. The city of Hobart, Tasmania is founded.

Victoria Cross established. Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending Crimean War. James Buchanan elected U.S. president.

Vitamin D is discovered. Einstein wins Nobel Prize. Crown Prince Hirohito named regent of Japan.

War of Jenkins’ Ear. Swedish Academy of Sciences founded. Nader Shah occupies Delhi and sacks the city.

Wikipedia launches on the Internet. Windows XP launched by Microsoft. Enron files for bankruptcy.

William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Los Angeles is founded. Battle of the Chesapeake.

Window tax abolished in Britain. “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville published. First America’s Cup, U.S.A. wins.

Winston Churchill again PM of Great Britain. Color TV introduced. South Africans to carry ID cards for race.

Women granted the right to vote in the U.S. League of Nations established. Bubonic Plague in India.

World War II begins. New York World’s Fair opens. Gone with the Wind premiers.

Yankee Stadium opens its doors. The Hollywood Sign is inaugurated. Roy and Walt found the Walt Disney Co.

Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th U.S. president. The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. Roman Republic declared.

Paris Metro is opened. The Paris World Exhibition opens. The British Army relieves the Siege of Mafeking.

First meeting of the UN General Assembly. 12 Nazi leaders sentenced to hang. Dr Spock’s “Baby and Child Care” published.

“A Fistful of Dollars” a Spaghetti Western is released. The Six-Day War fought between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Antifreeze allows people use cars year-round. A general strike in Britain. U.S. marines dispatched to Nicaragua.

Airship Hindenburg bursts into flames in New Jersey. The coronation of George VI in the UK.

Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho terrifies movie-goers. Best Picture at Oscars: Ben-Hur. Rome hosts Summer Olympics.

America declares independence from Britain. First running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England.

ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet is created. Manson Family murders. Yasser Arafat becomes leader of the PLO.

Battle of Iwo Jima. Anne Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-Belsen. Benito Mussolini executed.

Bill Gates founds Microsoft. Juan Carlos declared King of Spain. The Birmingham Six wrongfully sentenced.

Bob Dylan releases his debut album. FIFA World Cup held in Chile. The French Foreign Legion leave Algeria.

Boxing champion Joe Louis retires. North Atlantic Treaty Organization established.

Cease-fire ends Gulf War. Estonia and Latvia gain independence. Best Picture at the Oscars: Dances With Wolves.

Celine Dion wins the Eurovision Song Contest. Al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden. Iran-Iraq War ends.

Charles Darwin reached Galápagos Islands. The United States national debt is at zero for the first and only time.