http://explanation-guide.info/ descr daily 1 2004-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Space-Shuttle-Discovery.html 2005 - Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery , NASA 's first scheduled flight mission ( STS-114 ) after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Mumbai.html 2005 - Mumbai (f.k.a. Bombay ) - the financial capital and most populated city of India - receives 995mm of rain within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days. (See: 2005 Maharashtra floods .) 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Grand-jury.html 1989 - A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer worm , thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/1991.html 1991 - Paul Reubens , better known as Pee Wee Herman, is arrested for allegedly exposing himself at a Sarasota, Florida adult theatre. 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/1991.html 1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Megadrive in Japan . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Apollo-program.html 1971 - Apollo program : Launch of Apollo 15 . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Vietnam-War.html 1968 - Vietnam War : South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Practice-Statement.html 1966 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Syncom-2.html 1963 - Syncom 2 , the world's first geosynchronous satellite , is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Earthquake.html 1963 - Earthquake in Skopje , Yugoslavia - 1100 dead 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Organization-for-Economic-Cooperation-and-Development.html 1963 - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Explorer-program.html 1958 - Explorer program : Explorer 4 is launched. 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Explorer-program.html 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas dictator of Guatemala is assassinated 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/World-Bank.html 1956 - Following the World Bank 's decline to fund building the Aswan High Dam , Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation. 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Fidel-Castro.html 1953 - Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks , thus beginning the Cuban Revolution . 2008-07-26T00:00:00+00:00