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1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 2018 – In the " Minneapolis Miracle ", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings ...
That was the backdrop 50 years ago today when the Rev. Martin Luther King visited South Bend and gave a speech to area residents at the University of Notre Dame. ... The year 1963 was a pivotal ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
50 years ago today: Lakers win record-setting 33rd game in a row. January 7, 2022 at 7:30 AM. Jerry West and the Lakers won their 25th consecutive game of the 1971-72 season with a 154-132 victory ...
Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions ; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that ...
But 50 years ago, there was just one: a small shop in Seattle's Pike Place Market. ... These tiny gizmos, essentially the brains of modern-day computers, date to 1971, when a little-known company ...
Visual representation of the Logarithmic timeline in the scale of the universe. This timeline shows the whole history of the universe, the Earth, and mankind in one table. . Each row is defined in years ago, that is, years before the present date, with the earliest times at the top of the ch
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 (ECOA), signed by President Gerald Ford 50 years ago on Oct. 28, 1974, changed that. It prevented creditors from discriminating against an applicant ...