Balto led the Great Race of Mercy in 1925, ending an epidemic of diphtheria in Nome. The Battle of Stalingrad ended in 1943, a key victory for the USSR. South Africa lifted the ban on an anti-apartheid group and promised to free Nelson Mandela in 1990. Other events include the establishment of a fur trading […]
Important events in history include the first mass polio vaccine (1954), printing of Gutenberg’s Bible (1455), production of commercially viable aluminum (1886), raising of the US flag on Iwo Jima (1945), Battle of the Alamo (1836), Lincoln’s assassination attempt (1861), lease of Guantanamo Bay to the US (1903), monitoring of US radio broadcasts by the […]
The US hockey team won the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980, Spain sold Florida to the US in 1819, Woolworth’s opened in 1879, the Battle of Fishguard began in 1797, Galileo published “Dialogue on the two main systems of the world” in 1632, a gang stole £53m in 2006, Suharto seized power in Indonesia in […]
The Academy Awards began in 1929, with winners’ names printed in a bulletin. The Lincoln County War began in 1878 over control of beef markets. Pluto was discovered in 1930, and the first cow flew by plane. The White Rose Party was arrested in 1943, and snow fell in the Sahara in 1979. The Church […]
The first 911 call was made in 1968. Nylon was patented in 1937 by Wallace H. Carothers. Fidel Castro became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959. The first computer bulletin board system went online in 1978. Kim Jong-il was born in 1941. Other events include Joseph Stalin scolding the UN in 1951, NBC airing its […]
Mardi Gras celebrations began in New Orleans in 1827, inspired by Parisian celebrations. Sit-down strikes were declared illegal by the Supreme Court in 1939. The Shanghai Communiqué was issued in 1972, a significant step towards a civil relationship between China and the US. Divorce became legal in Ireland in 1997. President George Bush announced the […]
FDR survived an assassination attempt in 1933, the USS Maine exploded in 1898, the first teddy bear was sold in 1903, YouTube launched in 2005, female lawyers were allowed to argue before the US Supreme Court in 1879, the USSR and China signed a mutual defense treaty in 1950, British currency was decimalised in 1971, […]
Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V in 1570. Samuel Colt patented the Colt revolver in 1836. Adolf Hitler obtained German citizenship in 1932. The legal tender law was passed in 1862. Mohammed Ali became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1964. Oregon imposed the first gasoline tax in 1919. Hiram Rhoades […]
Senator McCarthy sparked the Second Red Scare with claims of “known Communists” in the US government. The Beatles’ first live TV appearance set a record with over 70 million viewers. The US sent combat troops to Vietnam, causing global controversy. The luxury liner Normandy burned down. Joanne Woodward received the first Hollywood Walk of Fame […]
Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest sovereign in the UK, the International Court of Arbitration was established, the Union won its first battle, Jack Kil applied for a patent for the integrated circuit, the Polish Round Table talks began, the first group of freed slaves set out for West Africa, a woman claiming to be […]
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