561 Episodo

  1. 5th January 1968: The Prague Spring begins with Alexander Dubček becoming the new leader of Czechoslovakia

    Publicado: 5/1/2026

  2. 4th January 1642: Charles I of England attempts to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War

    Publicado: 4/1/2026

  3. 3rd January 1868: Meiji Restoration begins in Japan when loyalists seize control of the Kyoto Imperial Palace

    Publicado: 3/1/2026

  4. 2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan

    Publicado: 2/1/2026

  5. 1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed and signed by the four major Allied nations during the Second World War

    Publicado: 1/1/2026

  6. 31st December 1853: New Year’s Eve dinner takes place inside a model of an Iguanodon at the Crystal Palace Park in south London

    Publicado: 31/12/2025

  7. 30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

    Publicado: 30/12/2025

  8. 29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

    Publicado: 29/12/2025

  9. 28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes the first legal deposit for books under the Ordonnance de Montpellier

    Publicado: 28/12/2025

  10. 27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’

    Publicado: 27/12/2025

  11. 26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet

    Publicado: 26/12/2025

  12. 25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III during Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica

    Publicado: 25/12/2025

  13. 24th December 1955: Colorado Springs Continental Air Defense Command first gives children the location Santa as he delivers presents

    Publicado: 24/12/2025

  14. 23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

    Publicado: 23/12/2025

  15. 22nd December 1964: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance aircraft makes its first flight

    Publicado: 22/12/2025

  16. 21st December 1913: First modern crossword puzzle printed in the New York World newspaper, created by Arthur Wynne

    Publicado: 21/12/2025

  17. 20th December 1917: Establishment of the Cheka, the Russian Bolshevik secret police

    Publicado: 20/12/2025

  18. 19th December 1777: George Washington leads the Continental Army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

    Publicado: 19/12/2025

  19. 18th December 1892: Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker receives its première performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg

    Publicado: 18/12/2025

  20. 17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

    Publicado: 17/12/2025

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