During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. Date: August 26, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Date: August 15, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis. Date: August 14, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010. Date: August 12, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Tampere light rail officially starts operating. Date: August 9, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning. Date: August 5, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka. Date: July 29, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin. Date: July 20, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so. Date: July 11, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Date: July 7, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)