Today in 1989, 34 years ago: United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.

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Today in 1971, 52 years ago: in New York, the South Tower of the Twin Towers reaches 415 m, becoming the second tallest building in the world.

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Today in 1940, 83 years ago: Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.

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Today in 1992, 31 years ago: in Palermo (Sicily) a car bomb kills the anti-mafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino, along with 5 members of his escort.

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Today in 1980, 43 years ago: In the Soviet Union, 58 countries boycott the Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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Today in 1545, 478 years ago: in front of the port of Portsmouth (England) the warship Mary Rose -from the Tudor period - sinks. In 1982 it will be refloated in the most complex project in the history of maritime archaeology.

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Today in 1976, 47 years ago: in Nepal the Sagarmatha National Park is created (where Mount Everest is located).

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Today in 1992, 31 years ago: A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.

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Today in 1963, 60 years ago: in Spain, the Spanish boxer Mimoun Ben Ali is proclaimed European champion in the bantamweight category.

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Today in 1936, 87 years ago: in Spain, General Francisco Franco arrives in Tetouan and puts himself at the head of the rebellious Spanish Army of Morocco. In Madrid the nineteenth republican government is formed, chaired by José Giral, who decides to arm the people and in Barcelona the uprising fails before the reaction of the forces of public order supported by the CNT-FAI.

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Today in 1985, 38 years ago: The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

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Today in 1981, 42 years ago: In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.

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Today in 1900, 123 years ago: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

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Today in 1969, 54 years ago: the American spacecraft Apollo XI, with astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins on board, is put into orbit around the Moon. It will land the next day, July 20.

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Today in 1544, 479 years ago: in France, the siege of Boulogne-sur-Mer begins, during the invasion of the English King Henry VIII, in the framework of the Italian War of 1542.

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Today in 1940, 83 years ago: World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.

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Today in 1947, 76 years ago: Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

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Today in 2022, 1 years ago: A series of severe heatwaves from July to August hit Europe, causing 61,000 estimated deaths and additionally causing major wildfires, travel disruption, and record high temperatures in many countries.

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Today in 1553, 470 years ago: Joan of England, “the queen of the nine days”, is imprisoned; she would be replaced by Mary I.

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Today in 1848, 175 years ago: Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.

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