China began economic reforms in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping. The Brandenburg Gate in the Berlin Wall opened in 1989. The Continental Navy was commissioned in 1775. Dostoyevsky’s execution was called off in 1949. The first rural speed limits were posted in the UK in 1965. Christmas lights were invented in 1882. Ceausescu’s government was overthrown […]
Nixon visited Beijing, Marx and Engels published the Communist Manifesto, Malcolm X was assassinated, the Arrowbile flew, the Battle of Verdun began, Ames was arrested, NASCAR was incorporated, the Polaroid camera was demonstrated, Kissinger began secret negotiations with North Vietnam, and the last Carolina Parakeet died. Richard Nixon arrived in Beijing. (1972) The visit was […]
The US House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare, President Truman authorized the creation of a hydrogen bomb, the first McDonald’s opened in the USSR, and Private Eddie Slovik was executed for desertion. Other events include the opening of the first STD clinic, Robert E. Lee being named […]
Hitler demands Sudetenland reunite with Germany (1938). NASA launches 50th space shuttle mission, Endeavour (1992). US declares war on terror (2001). Train collision kills 25 due to texting driver (2008). Lascaux cave paintings discovered (1940). SS Central America sinks with gold (1857). Bonanza debuts in color (1959). Johnny Cash dies (2003). Hitler demands that the […]
Saddam Hussein and two others were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, Susan B. Anthony cast an illegal vote in the US presidential election, the first US patent for an automobile was awarded, a writer’s strike halted Hollywood, the “Gunpowder Plot” was thwarted, Hitler announced his plan for “living space”, FDR was elected to […]
The Israeli Olympic team was taken hostage by terrorists in Munich, resulting in 17 deaths. The Gouzenko Affair triggered the start of the Cold War. Russian Tsar Peter the Great taxed beards. The Gotthard tunnel opened in Switzerland. US President Gerald R. Ford survived two assassination attempts. Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked, resulting in […]
The Israeli Olympic team was taken hostage by terrorists in Munich (1972). The Gouzenko Affair triggered the start of the Cold War (1945). The longest motorway tunnel in the world, the Gotthard tunnel, was inaugurated (1980). US President Gerald R. Ford avoided an assassination attempt (1975). Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked, resulting in the […]
Federal troops sent to Alabama to protect civil rights protesters (1965). Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways by the Ultimate Truth cult (1995). FDA approves first anti-AIDS drug, AZT (1987). Dutch East India Company founded (1602). Picasso’s works shown in the US for the first time (1923). American representatives received by King Louis XVI (1778). […]
The Pony Express delivered mail in record time (1860), while the Unabomber was arrested for a 20-year bombing spree (1996). The first non-car-based cell phone call was made (1973), and the Marshall Plan sent aid to Europe (1945). Jesse James was killed by a fellow gang member (1882), Lenin returned to Russia (1917), Microsoft violated […]
US construction began on the Panama Canal in 1904. The Kent State massacre occurred in 1970. Napoleon began his exile in 1814. William Walker set out to conquer Nicaragua in 1855. Al Capone went to jail in 1932. Margaret Thatcher was sworn in as prime minister in 1979. David Frost interviewed President Nixon in 1977. […]
The US bought the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million in 1916. The bodies of three civil rights activists were found in 1964, and Lizzie Borden’s parents were killed in 1892. Louis Armstrong was born in 1901, and the Department of Energy was established in 1977. The United States bought the Danish Virgin Islands from […]
Edison demonstrated the light bulb (1879), East India Company received its charter (1600), first use of the breathalyzer (1938), Panama Canal handed over to Panama (1999), GM earned $1 billion in a year (1955), US left UNESCO (1984), London Eye opened (1999), ‘Iolani Palace completed (1879), Bank of North America founded (1781), window tax introduced […]
US military planes complete first round-the-world flights, breaking four world records (1924). The flu epidemic spreads globally, causing over 30 million deaths (1918). France emancipates its Jewish population, the first country to do so (1791). Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin (1928). SpaceX launches the world’s first private spacecraft (2008). Ted Williams hits over 0.400 in […]
China detonated a nuclear bomb (1964), the US authorized the war in Iraq (2002), the Long March began in China (1934), the last smallpox diagnosis was made (1975), the Million Man March took place in Washington DC (1995), the Nazis established the Warsaw Ghetto (1940), Britain announced plans to ban handguns after the Dunblane massacre […]
Thanksgiving Day was established in the US in 1789, while King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922. Gasoline rationing was announced in 1942, France launched its first satellite in 1965, and China entered the Korean War in 1950. The heaviest rain in history was recorded in 1970, while California vigilantes lynched two murder suspects in […]
Guadalcanal was secured by the Allies in 1943, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587, cementing Elizabeth I’s rule. The NASDAQ opened in 1971, becoming a leading financial index. The Dawes Act harmed Native American society in 1887. The Salem witch trials began in 1692. […]
Important events in history include the discovery of DNA’s structure, the birth of the Republican Party, the opening of the first vaudeville theater, the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and the first televised college basketball game. Other events include the ATF raid on the Branch Davidians, NATO’s first military action, the discovery of the non-existent […]
The Battle of the Bulge ended with high casualties. The Cullinan diamond was found and given to the King of England. The first Emmy Awards ceremony was held, and Idi Amin became the leader of Uganda. President Kennedy gave the first live televised presidential press conference. The Norwegian missile incident occurred, and Jiang Qing was […]
The Penny Black postage stamp was issued in 1840, the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, the Hindenburg exploded in 1937, Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954, the Works Progress Administration was created in 1933, Hitler’s diaries were a hoax in 1983, Pope John Paul II entered a mosque in 2001, the last […]
JFK was assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. Margaret Thatcher resigned as UK Prime Minister in 1990. Concorde’s supersonic flights began in 1977, and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was presented in 1988. The Humane Society of the United States was founded in 1954, and Toy Story was the first CGI feature film in […]
