HistoryPod
By Scott Allsop
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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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12th August 1977: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes the first free flight of the Space Shuttle programme
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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11th August 1919: The Weimar Republic officially established when Friedrich Ebert signs the new constitution into law
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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9th August 1944: Smokey Bear, the forest fire prevention mascot, first appears on a poster in the United States
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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8th August 1969: The Beatles pose for an album cover on the Abbey Road zebra crossing
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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7th August 1909: Alice Ramsey makes the first female transcontinental car journey
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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6th August 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law during the height of the Civil Rights movement
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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5th August 1305: William Wallace captured by English troops at Robroyston
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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3rd August 1914: Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, remarked that “The lamps are going out all over Europe…”
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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2nd August 216 BCE: Hannibal defeats the Roman army at the Battle of Cannae
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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1st August 1714: George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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31st July 1971: David Scott and James Irwin drive the first Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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30th July 1792: La Marseillaise, the future French national anthem, first sung in Paris by a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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29th July 1567: James VI crowned king of Scotland at just 13 months old
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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28th July 1755: Expulsion of the Acadians agreed by British Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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27th July 1940: Bugs Bunny makes his cartoon debut in A Wild Hare
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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25th July 1792: Brunswick Manifesto during the French Revolution threatened retaliation if the royal family was harmed
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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23rd July 1943: Archibald Brown blown up by an anti-tank grenade placed under his seat
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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22nd July 1894: World’s first organised automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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19th July 1843: The ship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel launched in Bristol
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect 10’
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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16th July 1661: Europe’s first banknotes issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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13th July 1930: Inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay during the centenary of the country’s first constitution
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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10th July 1991: Boris Yeltsin is inaugurated as the first elected President of Russia
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to its lowest point during the Great Depression
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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7th July 1937: Marco Polo Bridge Incident acts as a trigger for the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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4th July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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1st July 1569: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created with the signing of the Union of Lublin
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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29th June 2008: Apple release the iPhone
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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28th June 1838: Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey following the death of her uncle, William IV
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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27th June 1905: Mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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25th June 1967: Our World, live global television production, broadcast using satellite technology
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues for many weeks
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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23rd June 1314: The Battle of Bannockburn begins, resulting in a victory for Robert the Bruce against Edward II
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies invade the Soviet Union during the Second World War
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting in 52 ships being sunk
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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19th June 1846: First officially recorded baseball game takes place in Hoboken, New Jersey
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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18th June 1815: Battle of Waterloo heralds the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbour on board the French steamship Isère
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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16th June 1824: Reformers meet in London to establish what becomes the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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15th June 1215: Magna Carta approved by King John at Runnymede near Windsor in England
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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14th June 1645: The Battle of Naseby fought in the English Civil War
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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13th June 1917: The deadliest air raid on London of the First World War conducted by German Gotha bombers
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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10th June 1605: False Dmitry I enters Moscow and is recognised as tsar following the death of Boris Godunov
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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9th June 1815: ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna signed, nine days before Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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7th June 1788: Day of the Tiles breaks out in the French city of Grenoble, serving as an early precursor to the French Revolution
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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6th June 1944: D-Day landings launched by the Allied forces of the Second World War in Normandy
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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5th June 1967: Start of the Six Day War as Israel launches air strikes against the Egyptian air force
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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4th June 1916: Russian Army begins the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front of the First World War
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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3rd June 1989: Tiananmen Square protesters fired on by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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1st June 1980: CNN begins broadcasting as the first 24-hour news channel
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack
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May 31, 2026 |
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30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed in the French city of Rouen for heresy
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May 30, 2026 |
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29th May 1854: Paddington Station opens as the London terminus of the Great Western Railway
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May 29, 2026 |
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28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red Square
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May 28, 2026 |
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27th May 1199: King John of England crowned at Westminster Abbey in London
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May 27, 2026 |
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26th May 1972: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty at the Moscow Summit
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May 26, 2026 |
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25th May 1961: US President John F. Kennedy announces his plans for a manned moon landing before the end of the decade
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May 25, 2026 |
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24th May 1956: First Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Lugano, Switzerland
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May 24, 2026 |
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23rd May 1701: Captain Kidd, the Scottish privateer, executed in London after being convicted of piracy and murder
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May 23, 2026 |
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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI
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May 22, 2026 |
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21st May 1972: Laszlo Toth attacks and seriously damages Michelangelo’s Pietà statue
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May 21, 2026 |
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20th May 325: First Council of Nicaea brings together bishops from across the early Christian world
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May 20, 2026 |
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19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I
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May 19, 2026 |
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18th May 1291: The Siege of Acre saw the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil seize control of the Crusader-controlled city
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May 18, 2026 |
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17th May 1954: U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
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May 17, 2026 |
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16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China when Mao releases the ‘May 16th Notification’
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May 16, 2026 |
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15th May 1928: Mickey and Minnie Mouse appear in their first cartoon to be shown to a cinema audience
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May 15, 2026 |
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14th May 1932: “We Want Beer” parade takes place in New York City to protest against prohibition
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May 14, 2026 |
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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone
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May 13, 2026 |
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12th May 1949: The Soviet Union ends its blockade of West Berlin
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May 12, 2026 |
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11th May 1981: The musical Cats opens at the New London Theatre in London’s West End
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May 11, 2026 |
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10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government
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May 10, 2026 |
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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton
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May 09, 2026 |
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8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War
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May 08, 2026 |
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7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20
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May 07, 2026 |
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6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engulfed in flames following a mid-air explosion
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May 06, 2026 |
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5th May 1862: Mexican forces defeat a French army at the Battle of Puebla, commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo
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May 05, 2026 |
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4th May 1932: Al Capone begins life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
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May 04, 2026 |
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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
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May 03, 2026 |
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2nd May 1982: Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War
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May 02, 2026 |
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1st May 1952: The first Mr Potato Head ‘funny face toy’ goes on sale
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May 01, 2026 |
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30th April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begins
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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29th April 1992: Los Angeles riots begin following the acquittal of four police officers charged with the beating of Rodney King
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium in London opens with the ‘White Horse Final’ of the FA Cup between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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26th April 1925: Paul von Hindenburg elected President of the Weimar Republic
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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24th April 1916: Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in James Caird, a recovered lifeboat, to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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23rd April 2005: “Me at the zoo” is the first video to be uploaded to YouTube
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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20th April 1968: Enoch Powell delivers his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech on immigration
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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17th April 1951: Peak District in northern England formally designated the United Kingdom’s first National Park
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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16th April 1922: Former WW1 enemies Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Rapallo
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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15th April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’ in London
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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14th April 1935: Stresa Front signed between the United Kingdom, France, and Italy
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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12th April 1945: Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States when his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies while having his portrait painted
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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11th April 1979: The rule of Idi Amin in Uganda ends when opposing forces capture the capital city of Kampala
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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10th April 1858: Big Ben, the bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster, was cast
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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8th April 1820: Venus de Milo statue discovered on the Greek island of Milos in the Aegean Sea
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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7th April 1498: Savonarola takes part in a failed trial by fire that was intended to test his holiness
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens.
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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5th April 1958: Ripple Rock underwater mountain destroyed in one of the largest ever non-nuclear explosions
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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4th April 1968: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service goes into operation
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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2nd April 1968: Science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey receives its world premiere in Washington, D.C.
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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30th March 1981: Attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C.
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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28th March 1871: The Paris Commune proclaimed, and Council met for the first time
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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27th March 1958: Nikita Khrushchev consolidates his power over the USSR as Chairman of the Council of Ministers
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima ends after US Marines officially secure the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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24th March 1882: Robert Koch announces his discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins its return journey
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius, the Dutch legal scholar, escapes imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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21st March 1804: The Napoleonic Code, officially known as the Civil Code of the French, comes into effect in France
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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20th March 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany formally accepts Otto von Bismarck’s resignation
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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19th March 1962: Bob Dylan, the American singer-songwriter, releases his eponymous debut album
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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18th March 1965: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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17th March 1992: White South Africans vote to end apartheid in a referendum
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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15th March 1917: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne, ending more than three centuries of Romanov rule
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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14th March 1950: The FBI first publishes its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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12th March 1933: The first “fireside chat” delivered by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the radio
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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10th March 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call when he contacts his assistant, Thomas Watson
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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9th March 1945: USAF begin Operation Meetinghouse, the firebombing of Tokyo in the most destructive bombing raid in history
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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8th March 1950: Volkswagen Type 2 ‘Camper’ van enters production, also known as the Transporter or Bus
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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7th March 1900: First ship-to-shore wireless message sent by SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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6th March 1820: The Missouri Compromise passed by the United States Congress to resolve disagreements over slavery in the western territories
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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4th March 1789: US Congress meets for the first time, and the United States Constitution goes into effect
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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3rd March 1878: Treaty of San Stefano lays the foundations for modern Bulgaria by ending five centuries of Ottoman control
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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2nd March 1965: The United States begins Operation Rolling Thunder alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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1st March 1692: Salem witch trials begin in Massachusetts
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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28th February 202 BCE: The Han dynasty formally established in China by Liu Bang, later known as Emperor Gaozu
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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27th February 1933: Reichstag building in Berlin set on fire in an arson attack
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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26th February 1870: Beach Pneumatic Transit opens in New York as the first successful underground railway in the United States
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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25th February 1956: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivers his ‘secret speech’ announcing the start of de-Stalinization
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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24th February 1848: King Louis Philippe of France abdicates the throne amidst revolutions that were beginning to sweep across the continent
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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23rd February 1905: The world’s first Rotary Club founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Paul P. Harris
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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22nd February 1943: First three members of the White Rose resistance group put on trial and executed by guillotine in Nazi Germany
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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21st February 1848: The Communist Manifesto anonymously published in London by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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20th February 1962: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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19th February 1985: EastEnders, the BBC’s flagship soap opera, broadcast for the first time
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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18th February 1930: Nellie Jay, better known as Elm Farm Ollie, becomes the first cow to fly and be milked in an aeroplane
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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17th February 1913: The Armory Show, officially called the International Exhibition of Modern Art, opens in New York City
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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15th February 1971: Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and Ireland as they abandon their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, convenes for the first time in Jerusalem
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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12th February 1429: Battle of the Herrings in the Hundred Years’ War fought between French and English forces near the French village of Rouvray
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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11th February 1929: The Lateran Treaty signed between the Italian state and the Roman Catholic Church
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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10th February 1906: Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary new type of battleship that made all other ships obsolete
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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9th February 1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ at Paine Field in Washington State
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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8th February 1867: The Ausgleich, or the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishes the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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6th February 1958: Munich Air Disaster kills 23 members of the Manchester United football team after BEA flight 609 crashes at Munich-Riem airport
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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5th February 1597: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan executed in Nagasaki
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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4th February 1945: Yalta Conference begins, attended by the ‘Big Three’ of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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2nd February 1887: First officially recorded Groundhog Day observance takes place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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31st January 1990: McDonald’s opens its first fast food restaurant in the Soviet Union on Moscow’s Pushkin Square
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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30th January 1975: Rubik’s Cube first patented by Hungarian architect and designer Ernő Rubik
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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29th January 1856: The Victoria Cross medal for valour introduced by Queen Victoria
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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27th January 1973: Paris Peace Accords end direct United States military involvement in the Vietnam War
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after completing a 72-day solo journey around the world
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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24th January 1890: The Shigir Idol, the oldest wooden sculpture in the world, discovered in Russia
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi and surrounding areas
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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21st January 1968: United States B-52 bomber carrying four thermonuclear bombs crashes near Thule Air Base in Greenland
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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19th January 1915: Two German Zeppelin airships drop bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air raid
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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18th January 1778: Captain James Cook becomes the first known European to encounter the Hawaiian Islands
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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17th January 1991: Combat phase of the Gulf War begins when Operation Desert Storm is launched
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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15th January 1867: 40 people die when ice on the boating lake in Regent’s Park breaks while they are skating
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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14th January 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reunite with Germany
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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12th January 1913: The name “Stalin” meaning “man of steel” first used in print by Joseph Dzhugashvili
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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9th January 1806: State funeral of Admiral Horatio Nelson takes place in London, following his death at the Battle of Trafalgar
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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8th January 1918: United States President Woodrow Wilson outlines his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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7th January 1979: Pol Pot of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) overthrown when Vietnamese forces capture the capital city Phnom Penh
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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6th January 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out the “Four Freedoms” in his State of the Union address
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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5th January 1968: The Prague Spring begins with Alexander Dubček becoming the new leader of Czechoslovakia
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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4th January 1642: Charles I of England attempts to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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3rd January 1868: Meiji Restoration begins in Japan when loyalists seize control of the Kyoto Imperial Palace
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed and signed by the four major Allied nations during the Second World War
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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31st December 1853: New Year’s Eve dinner takes place inside a model of an Iguanodon at the Crystal Palace Park in south London
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes the first legal deposit for books under the Ordonnance de Montpellier
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III during Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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24th December 1955: Colorado Springs Continental Air Defense Command first gives children the location Santa as he delivers presents
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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22nd December 1964: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance aircraft makes its first flight
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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21st December 1913: First modern crossword puzzle printed in the New York World newspaper, created by Arthur Wynne
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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20th December 1917: Establishment of the Cheka, the Russian Bolshevik secret police
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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19th December 1777: George Washington leads the Continental Army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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18th December 1892: Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker receives its première performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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16th December 1431: Henry VI became the only English monarch to be crowned King of France
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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13th December 1577: Francis Drake departs Plymouth on his circumnavigation of the globe
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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12th December 1935: The Lebensborn registered association established in Nazi Germany by the SS
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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11th December 1936: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom announces his abdication in a worldwide radio broadcast
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Dec 11, 2025 |