★★★★★
Facebook is launched
Mark Zuckerberg and fellow students launch the social network Facebook at Harvard; it later reaches billions of users.
TechnologyCulture· United States
- 2004
- 1948★★★★★
Independence of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Ceylon becomes an independent dominion within the Commonwealth, ending British colonial rule.
Politics· Sri Lanka, United Kingdom - 1945★★★★★
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta to discuss the post-war reorganisation of Europe and the world.
PoliticsTreaty· Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom, Russia