#1 Trending
Dustin Diamond
728,807 views · 1 min read
Dustin Neil Diamond was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for portraying Samuel "Screech" Powers throughout the Saved by the Bell franchise.
2021-02-02
2021-02-02
Top reads and historical moments for this date. 6 min read
Top Reads
12 articles
#4
424,642 views
Captain Sir Thomas Moore, more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made intern…
#5
364,881 views
Brian Hugh Warner, known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the o…
6
352,494 views
7
290,875 views
8
264,252 views
9
197,335 views
10
183,959 views
11
168,531 views
12
149,174 views
13
143,019 views
14
138,095 views
On This Day
10 events2012
The passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in rough conditions in the Solomon Sea, resulting in at least 88 deaths.
2009
Omid, Iran's first domestically made satellite, was launched from Semnan Space Center.
2007
Following a Derby di Sicilia match in Catania, football violence caused the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, leading to new safety regulations at Italian sporting events.
2004
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
1974
The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight.
1972
The Troubles: Protestors burned the British Embassy in Ireland following the massacre of 14 civilians in Derry by British forces.
1963
Cold War in Asia: 113 alleged communists were arrested and detained without trial by Singapore's security agencies.
1942
The first act of the Norwegian resistance movement took place with the bombing of Oslo East Station by the Osvald Group to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
1934
The Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.
1913
New York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station by number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.