1. On this day in 1913: Buenos Aires Metro, the first
underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America,
began its operation. The Buenos Aires Underground, locally known as Subte, was
a mass transit subway system that served the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
2. On this day in 1919: The first issue of Diário de Noite
was published from Goa.
3. On this day in 1935: Austria had world's 1st Day
of Postage Stamp
4. On this day in 1959: 1st color photograph
of Earth was taken from outer space.
5. On this day in 1963: Nagaland became the 16th state
of India.
6. On this day in 1964: Malawi, Malta and Zambia joined the
United Nations.
7. On this day in 1965: India's Border Security Force was
established.
8. On this day in 1973: Jack Nicklaus became 1st golfer
to earn $2M in a year.
9. On this day in 1973: Papua New Guinea gained
self-governance from Australia.
10. On this day in 1976: Angola joined the United Nations.
11. On this day in 1988: First World Aids Day was held. Dr.
Jonathan Mann, Director of the Global Program on AIDS (later known as UNAIDS)
had approved a concept put forward by James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter in 1987.
12. On this day in 1990: British and French workers dig the
Channel Tunnel between their countries, finally met after knocking out a
passage in a service tunnel large enough to walk through and shake hands.
13. On this day in 1991: Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for
independence from the Soviet Union.
14. On this day in 1999: Ireland joined NATO's Partnership
for Peace program.
15. On this day in 2005: South Africa was the 5th country
to recognize same-sex marriages
16. On this day in 2012: In ceremonies held at Naval Station
Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the
USS Enterprise, was officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career
17. On this day in 2013: China launched Yutu or Jade Rabbit,
its first lunar rover, as part of the Chang'e 3 lunar exploration mission.
