533 Episodo

  1. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

    Publicado: 3/3/2025

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

    Publicado: 2/3/2025

  3. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

    Publicado: 1/3/2025

  4. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

    Publicado: 28/2/2025

  5. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Publicado: 27/2/2025

  6. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Publicado: 26/2/2025

  7. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Publicado: 25/2/2025

  8. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Publicado: 24/2/2025

  9. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Publicado: 23/2/2025

  10. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Publicado: 22/2/2025

  11. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

    Publicado: 21/2/2025

  12. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

    Publicado: 20/2/2025

  13. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Publicado: 19/2/2025

  14. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Publicado: 18/2/2025

  15. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Publicado: 17/2/2025

  16. 16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

    Publicado: 16/2/2025

  17. 15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars

    Publicado: 15/2/2025

  18. 14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

    Publicado: 14/2/2025

  19. 13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II

    Publicado: 13/2/2025

  20. 12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Publicado: 12/2/2025

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