Ceramic Fragment

8th–9th century

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On This Day

• 2010 The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.
2010 Jos riotsJos
• 2002 Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.
Mount NyiragongoGoma
• 1999 In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.
Little Saigon, Orange CountyHi-Tek incidentHo Chi Minh
• 1998 The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.
Drudge ReportClinton–Lewinsky scandal
• 1989 Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.
Stockton schoolyard shootingStockton, California
• 1966 A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs on land near Palomares, Spain, and a fourth one into the sea.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress1966 Palomares incidentBoeing KC-135 StratotankerAerial refuelingThermonuclear weaponPalomares, Almería
• 1961 Patrice Lumumba (pictured), a former prime minister of Congo-Léopoldville, was murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the Belgian and US governments.
Patrice LumumbaRepublic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
• 1961 Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower's farewell addressMilitary–industrial complex
• 1948 Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.
Indonesian National RevolutionRenville AgreementLinggadjati Agreement
• 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.
Raoul WallenbergThe HolocaustSiege of Budapest
• 1945 World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.
World War IIBougainville IslandBattle of Tsimba Ridge
• 1920 The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
Volstead ActProhibition in the United States
• 1912 Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.
Robert Falcon ScottTerra Nova ExpeditionSouth PoleRoald AmundsenAmundsen's South Pole expedition
• 1893 Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani (pictured).
Lorrin A. ThurstonCommittee of Safety (Hawaii)Overthrow of the Hawaiian KingdomLiliʻuokalani
• 1773 On James Cook's second voyage, his vessel HMS Resolution became the first vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle.
James CookSecond voyage of James CookHMS Resolution (1771)Antarctic Circle
• 1562 Representatives of Catherine de' Medici, the regent of France, drew up the Edict of Saint-Germain, providing limited tolerance to the Protestant Huguenots.
Catherine de' MediciEdict of Saint-GermainHuguenots
• 1377 Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.
Pope Gregory XIAvignon PapacyAvignon