2015 | Today in history: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ruling Likud party have retained victory in this week’s election; Netanyahu will now focus on forming a coalition government |
2014 | In the U.S., today’s Mega Millions multistate lottery drawing has two winning tickets; the $400 million jackpot is the third largest in the game’s history |
2014 | President Obama awards 24 Medals of Honor to veterans originally overlooked due to ethnic or racial bias |
2013 | The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history |
2013 | Alfred Xuereb, an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is selected by Pope Francis’ to become his first private secretary |
2012 | Germany’s Federal Assembly elects Joachim Gauck President of the Federal Republic of Germany |
2012 | Footballer Fabrice Muamba is critically ill and in a London hospital intensive care unit after undergoing cardiac arrest on live television during the 41st minute of the FA cup quarter final |
