EST. DECEMBER 1994 โข 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com ๐ฏ
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 20
Monday, July 20, 2026
Day 200 of 2026 | Week 30 | 159 days until Christmas ๐
HISTORIC EVENTS
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruรง, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG).
James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrรฎn without resistance.
The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Southampton
Canadian NFL guard
American biathlete (Olympics 1994)
American activist for people with intellectual disabilities (founder of Best Buddies International)
Filipino racing driver
American guitarist (Pearl Jam)
American musician (Soundgarden; Audioslave)
American television writer (The Simpsons
American actor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine
American-Australian naturalist
American actor (Pulp Fiction)
Romanian runner (world record mile)
American actor
Italian race car driver
Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
๐ฏ yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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