International Tiger Day
Started at the 2010 St. Petersburg tiger summit. Wild tiger numbers fell from 100,000 in 1900 to 3,200 in 2010 — they've climbed back to about 5,500 since.
- Category
- Animal
- Observed in
Russia
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 1981
An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (combined coat of arms pictured) at St Paul's Cathedral in London.- 2024Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This incident, coupled with widespread online misinformation, leads to various racially motivated riots across the UK.
- 2021The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.
- 2019The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.