TODAY IN HISTORY

• 2023 - Burma

The Burmese military killed 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.

• 2023 - Nigeria

Crisis over controversial naira redesign and cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria worsened despite the Supreme Court extending validity of the old naira notes till December 31st. The silence of Pres. Muhammadu Buhari on the judgment fuelled rejection of the old N1,000 and N500 as legal tender. Governments of Kaduna, Zamfara and Kogi are planning to file a contempt charge against Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele over their refusal to implement the Supreme Court judgment on naira redesign

• 2022 - Nigeria

Oba Lekan Balogun was handed the staff of office as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan by the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.

• 2021 - USA

U. S. Pres. Joe Biden signed the $ 1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.

• 2020 - Worldwide

World Health Organization declared COVID- 19 virus epidemic a pandemic.

• 2020 - Nigeria

Pres. Muhammadu Buhari denied having anything to do with the dethronement of Kano Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was banished to Awe, Nasarawa State. United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, named the dethroned Emir of Kano and 16 others as Sustainable Development Goals Advocates. Also appointed were Nana AkufoAddo, President of Ghana and Ms Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway as cochairmen of the committee

• 2011 - Nigeria

An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude struck 130km east of Sendai, Japan triggering a tsunami that killed thousands of people. It also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

• 2004 - Spain

Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain killed 191 people.

• 2003 - Netherlands

The International Criminal Court held its inaugural session in The Hague.

• 1985 - USSR

Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making him USSR'S de facto, and last, head of state.