On This Day in History | | | | 1891 First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts. | 1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium. | 1968 First manned Moon voyage launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders aboard Apollo 8. |  | The remains of the forward section of the Pan Am Boeing 747 named Clipper Maid of the Seas on Tundergarth Hill near Lockerbie |
| 1988 Lockerbie disaster: A terrorist bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 mid-air, over Scotland; killing all 259 passengers and crew on board, and 11 people on the ground. | 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming the Commonwealth of Independent States. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prime Minister's son, Raymond Asquith tells his wife of life and death on the battlefront in World War I on this day in 1915. | | As we approach the end of 2023 it is time to reflect on the year. | Start with our highlights of what happened in 2023. | Then delve into our detailed list of 829 major and notable events in 2023. | Lastly remember the people we lost this year, our list has over 800 famous and celebrity deaths in 2023. | Kind regards,
James Graham,
Founder and Managing Editor
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