Tag: History

History of 5 February 1982 - Great Britain imposed economic sanctions against Poland and Russia in protest against martial law in Poland. 1987 -...

History of 4 February 1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan's defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the "Star Wars" research...

History of 3 February 1980 - Conservationist Joy Adamson, author of "Born Free," was killed in northern Kenya by a servant. 1983 - Tony...

History of 2 February 1983 - The final edition of Garry Trudeau’s comic strip, "Doonesbury", appeared in 726 newspapers. "Doonesbury" began running again in...

History of 31 January 1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia)...

History of 30 January 1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people. 1945...

History Of 29 January 1944 – In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War. 1948 – The Pakistan Socialist...

History of 28 January 1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion. 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at...

History of 27 January 1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. 1943 – World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This...

History of 26 January 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years...

History of 25 January 1971 – Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders. 1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. ...

History of 24 January 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS) 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United...