Today in History: On this day in 2004, Facebook was founded
Also on this day in 2013, the government of France has overturned a two-hundred-year law that banned women from wearing trousers.
2004 – Facebook
Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2013 – France Women Pants Ban Lifted
The government of France has overturned a two-hundred year law that banned women from wearing trousers. The law had effectively been out of use for several years as people just ignored the law, however the change would make it formally legal for women to wear trousers.
2008 – China Snow Storm
China has been hit by the worst snow storms in 50 years and some of the worst affected are the poorest in China. The Chinese rural population of farmers do not have the high tech farm machinery needed to weather these type of conditions and are living very close to poverty so when a natural disaster occurs like this which ruins the crops many are forced into near starvation.
2003 – Yugoslavia Country Dissolved
Lawmakers formally dissolve Yugoslavia and replace it with a loose union of Serbia and Montenegro.
1974 – UK Bombing
A bomb believed to have been set by the IRA kills 11 including soldiers and children when the coach they were travelling in is blown up by a bomb.
1932 – Winter Olympics
The first Winter Olympics to be held in the United States. These games took place in Lake Placid, New York.
Content sourced from: My People History
