Historical Events Anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police Mooo! Doja Cat self-releases her novelty single "Mooo!" on YouTube, goes on to become a viral internet meme [1]
Evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights Album Release Jason Mraz's sixth studio album, "Know." is released
Landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer Trump Aide Releases Tape Omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to US President Donald Trump, releases taped recordings of her firing from The White House Read More...
Historical Events Yemeni voters go to the polls for a presidential election where the only candidate on the ballot paper is vice-president Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi Famous Deaths Barney Rosset, American publisher and free speech advocate, dies at 89 Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer, dies at 86 Colin Ireland, British 'Gay Slayer' serial killer, dies at 57 Eiko Ishioka, Japanese Costume designer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 74 John Michuki, Kenyan politician, dies from heart attack at 79 Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89 Died in 2012 2012 Highlights About February 21, 2012 Read More...
Historical Events OPEC ministers agree to leave the cartel's oil production quotas unchanged for at least a month, until a scheduled emergency meeting July 3 Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history. U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party Famous Deaths Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist, dies at 93 Died in 2001 2001 Highlights About June 5, 2001 Read More...
