1946 - UN General Assembly meets for 1st time in London.
This Day in History
1972 -The 1972 UK miners' strike was a major strike involving a dispute between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Conservative Edward Heath government over pay. It began... read more →
1962 - Netherlands – The Harmelen train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when Utrecht – Rotterdam express train driver misses a warning signal in... read more →
1962 - The first automated subway cars began revenue service from Times Square to Grand Central station on Thursday, January 4, 1962. In deference to the Transport Workers Union (TWU), a... read more →
1977 - Apple Computer, Inc incorporates.
1929 - US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
1995 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers... read more →
1989- the Zoloti Vorota, a Kiev metro station, opens in Ukraine.
2009- Construction is complete on the Burj Khalifa.
1938- Construction begins on the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in Seattle.