Porsche
1949: The first car with a Porsche badge is shown at International Automobile Show in Geneva, Switzerland on a Porsche 356.
1992 Apartheid in South Africa comes to an end
In a referendum, 68.7% of white South Africans voted for an abolishment of racial segregation in the country.
1966 – Spain Hydrogen Bomb Found
A hydrogen bomb that had fallen from a B-52 bomber when it collided with a KC-135 refueling jet over the Mediterranean Sea was located by a U.S. midget submarine off the coast of Spain, it is recovered from the sea floor in April of the same year from a depth of 2,500 feet.
1931 – U.S.A. Nevada Legalizes Gambling
Nevada Senate voted to legalize all forms of gambling in the state providing the impetus for the growth of Las Vegas.
2009 – Seattle newspaper is the first major newspaper to be produced online only
The 146-year-old Seattle Post-Intelligencer has printed its final edition, before becoming a solely online operation. Its owner has failed to find a buyer for the paper, which was put on sale in January. The newspaper industry has been badly hit by the financial markets, and a number of other titles face closure. The online-only venture is the first by any U.S. paper. The Post-Intelligencer said it will be maintaining seattlepi.com, making it the nation’s largest daily newspaper to shift to an entirely digital news print.
