Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by John Shepherd-Barron.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
The Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un of North Korea broke all peace pacts with South Korea and started a new nuclear weapons plan, inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
313 AD
Constantine unites all of Rome and issues the Edict of Milan. The “Edict of Toleration” is proclaimed and Constantine allows Christianity in his kingdom.
Quote by Robert Fulghum
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Indonesian presidential election, 2014
Joko Widodo won Indonesia’s presidential election, becoming the first president to not be from the country’s political elite or military.
Predictions and Events for the 2030s #4
Plans are under discussion for a human mission to Mars by the middle of the decade.
Greek legislative election, January 2015
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the anti-austerity Syriza party, was elected as Prime Minister of Greece.