378 Episoder

  1. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

    Publisert: 8.3.2025
  2. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

    Publisert: 7.3.2025
  3. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

    Publisert: 6.3.2025
  4. 5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

    Publisert: 5.3.2025
  5. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

    Publisert: 4.3.2025
  6. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

    Publisert: 3.3.2025
  7. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

    Publisert: 2.3.2025
  8. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

    Publisert: 1.3.2025
  9. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

    Publisert: 28.2.2025
  10. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Publisert: 27.2.2025
  11. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Publisert: 26.2.2025
  12. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Publisert: 25.2.2025
  13. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Publisert: 24.2.2025
  14. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Publisert: 23.2.2025
  15. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Publisert: 22.2.2025
  16. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

    Publisert: 21.2.2025
  17. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

    Publisert: 20.2.2025
  18. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Publisert: 19.2.2025
  19. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Publisert: 18.2.2025
  20. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Publisert: 17.2.2025

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