80 years ago today, the Yalta Conference started. It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the US, the UK and the USSR to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.

30 years ago today, in mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.

35 years ago today, state president of South Africa F. W. De Klerk unbanned the ANC and other illegal organisations and announced the beginning of formal negotiations for a peaceful settlement.

300 years ago today, J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.

90 years ago today, Leonarde Keeler conducted the first use of his invention, the Keeler Polygraph—otherwise known as the lie detector.

125 years ago today, Jānis Lipke, a Latvian rescuer of Jews in Riga in World War II from the Holocaust in Latvia, was born.

50 years ago today, Preity Zinta, an Indian actress and entrepreneur, was born. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films.

435 years ago today, Lady Anne Clifford, an English peeress, was born.

5 years ago today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

10 years ago today, Colleen McCullough, an Australian author, died. She is known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and The Ladies of Missalonghi.

80 years ago today, Tom Selleck, an American actor, was born.

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