2021
Bernie Sanders mittens worn to the inauguration raise $1.8 million for Vermont charities after images go viral.
2018
Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his record 20th Grand Slam title.
1986
The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.
1985
Charity single “We Are the World” is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars).
1980
Six Americans who had fled the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, left Iran using false Canadian diplomatic passports. The Americans had been hidden at the Canadian embassy in Tehran.
1958
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1935
Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion.
1887
Work begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1813
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
