In 1991, American professional basketball player Michael ‘Magic’ Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive and was immediately retiring from the sport.
On November 4, 2008, Democrat Barack Obama won a grueling two-year struggle for the White House, beating Republican John McCain to become the first Black president...
In 1978, Dominica achieved full independence, with Patrick Roland John as its first prime minister.
On November 2, 1930, Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. Selassie was the last reigning monarch of Ethiopia's Solomonic dynasty.
In 1981 Antigua and Barbuda Achieved Independence from the United Kingdom, with Vere Bird serving as the first prime minister.
In 2020, Scottish-born actor Sean Connery, who was perhaps best known for portraying super spy James Bond in a series of films, died at age 90.
This day in 1997, trading was halted at the New York Stock Exchange as the DOW jones industrial average suffered the biggest point drop in history.
In 1970 following an absence of more than three years, American boxer Muhammad Ali returned to the ring, defeating Jerry Quarry.
The first domestic microwave ovens went on sale in 1955, developed by Tappan in conjunction with Raytheon.
On October 24, 2005, Rosa Parks, who galvanized the U.S. civil rights movement, died at the age of 92.
