50 Years Ago Today January 21, 1976 The supersonic Concorde begins commercial passenger service, making transatlantic flight faster than ever before. Source: Aviation History .class-1976-auto-post { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5f7fa 0%, #e3e7ed 100%);...
50 Years Ago Today January 18, 1976 Christianity has a long and continuous history in Lebanon. Biblical scriptures show that Peter and Paul evangelized the Phoenicians, leading to the dawn of the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. As such, Christianity in Lebanon is as...
50 Years Ago Today January 15, 1976 Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he had served as the...
50 Years Ago Today January 12, 1976 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the UN system and is the primary organ charged with ensuring international peace and security. Its powers as outlined in the UN Charter include...
50 Years Ago Today January 5, 1976 Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom...
