HistoryPod

385 Episodo

1. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

   Publicado: 23/2/2025
2. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

   Publicado: 22/2/2025
3. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

   Publicado: 21/2/2025
4. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

   Publicado: 20/2/2025
5. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

   Publicado: 19/2/2025
6. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

   Publicado: 18/2/2025
7. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

   Publicado: 17/2/2025
8. 16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

   Publicado: 16/2/2025
9. 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
10. 14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

    Publicado: 14/2/2025
11. 13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II

    Publicado: 13/2/2025
12. 12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Publicado: 12/2/2025
13. 11th February 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran

    Publicado: 11/2/2025
14. 10th February 1940: First Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Publicado: 10/2/2025
15. 9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan

    Publicado: 9/2/2025
16. 8th February 1950: The Stasi formally established in East Germany as the Ministry for State Security

    Publicado: 8/2/2025
17. 7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television

    Publicado: 7/2/2025
18. 6th February 1819: Modern Singapore established with the signing of the Treaty of Singapore

    Publicado: 6/2/2025
19. 5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

    Publicado: 5/2/2025
20. 4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master

    Publicado: 4/2/2025