2019
Chinese Chang’e-4 spacecraft becomes the first ever to touch down on the far side of the Moon.
2015
Over 2,000 people are killed in north-east Nigeria after Boko Haram militants raze the town of Baga.
2009
The Bitcoin network is created as the first block of the digital currency is mined by a person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto.
2004
After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of “American Top 40” to Ryan Seacrest.
1996
The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.
1987
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist, Aretha Franklin.
1977
Apple Computer is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
1973
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sold the New York Yankees to a 12-man syndicate headed by George Steinbrenner for $10 million.
1962
Pope John XXIII excommunicated Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro.
1925
In Italy, Mussolini announced that he would take dictatorial powers.
1870
Construction begins on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge; completed May 24, 1883.