Recent Posts Tagged With 'on this day'

• March 16 - On this day

  Posted on Sunday March 16th, 2008 at 18:17 in interesting, on this day

  1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism. 1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29. 1916 - The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the ...

• March 15 - On this day

  Posted on Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 22:07 in interesting, on this day

  1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state. 1906 - Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. 1926 - The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. 1970 - The Expo ‘70 world’s fair opens in Osaka, Japan. 1985 -...

• February 26 - On this Day

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 22:15 in interesting, on this day

  1848 - The second French Republic is proclaimed. 1919 - An act of the U.S. Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park. 1929 - The Grand Teton National Park is created. 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb...

• February 25 - On this day

  Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 14:05 in interesting, on this day

  1793 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States. 1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation. 1932 - Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run...

• February 22 - On this day

  Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 at 13:21 in interesting, on this day

  1856 - The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. 1959 - Lee Petty wins the first Dayt...

• February 20 - On this day

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 17:28 in interesting, on this day

  1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. 1944 - World War II: The “Big Week” ended with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers. 1947 - State of Prussia ceases to exist. 2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egy...

• February 19 - On this day

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 23:54 in interesting, on this day

  1942 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps. 1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States...

• February 18 - On this day

  Posted on Monday February 18th, 2008 at 18:18 in interesting, on this day

  1268 - The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor. 1929 - The first Academy Awards are announced. 1969 - The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster occurs, killing all on board. 1998 - Two whit...

• February 17 - On this day

  Posted on Sunday February 17th, 2008 at 08:22 in interesting, on this day

  1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. 1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany. 1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. 2000 - Microsoft re...

• February 16 - On this day

  Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 08:15 in interesting, on this day

  1899 - President Félix Faure of France dies in office. 1936 - Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. 1937 - Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon. 1978 - The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, ...

• February 15 - On this day

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 16:19 in interesting, on this day

  1906 - The British Labour Party is organised. 1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. 1995 - Hacking: Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States’ most “secur...