2019
The Department of Health in Manila, Philippines, declared a national epidemic after the dengue outbreak.
By this day, 622 people had died from the outbreak, which was believed to have started July 20, 2019.
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2019
World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world’s population is running out of water.
Seventeen countries are using up 80% of usable surface water each year.
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2015
Jon Stewart hosted his last episode of “The Daily Show.”
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2015
Pittsburgh hosted the world’s largest pinball tournament.
With a record-breaking total of 700 pinball and arcade machines, Pinburg became the world’s largest pinball event attracting hundreds from around the world.
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2012
Flammable vapor caught fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.
Six employees were injured in the accident.
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2012
Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.
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2012
NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars’ Aeolis Palus plain.
The rover was launched from Cape Canaveral almost a year earlier, on November 26, 2011. Curiosity’s mission was meant to last just two years, but this was ultimately extended indefinitely.
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2006
At just 30 years old, golf professional Tiger Woods won the 50th PGA, making him the youngest person ever to win a PGA.
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1997
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.
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1996
A team of NASA scientists declared that the Martian ALH 84001 meteorite might contain traces of alien life.
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1971
After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.
Usually, the race would go with the winds, from west to east; however, Blyth decided to do it the opposite way and became the first man to complete a full loop. In 1992 Blyth created the first “wrong way” yacht race around the world, and since then, this race has been held every four years.
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1965
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
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1945
The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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1825
Bolivia gained independence from Peru.
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1819
Norwich University was founded in Vermont.
It was the first private military school in the United States.
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1661
Portugal and the Dutch Republic signed the Treaty of The Hague.
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