Geopolitics

2024(2 years ago)

A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.

2005(21 years ago)

The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

2000(26 years ago)

Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.

1997(29 years ago)

The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.