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392 Épisodes

1. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

   Publié: 21/01/2025
2. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

   Publié: 20/01/2025
3. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

   Publié: 19/01/2025
4. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

   Publié: 18/01/2025
5. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

   Publié: 17/01/2025
6. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

   Publié: 16/01/2025
7. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

   Publié: 15/01/2025
8. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

   Publié: 14/01/2025
9. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

   Publié: 13/01/2025
10. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

    Publié: 12/01/2025
11. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

    Publié: 11/01/2025
12. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

    Publié: 10/01/2025
13. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

    Publié: 09/01/2025
14. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

    Publié: 08/01/2025
15. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

    Publié: 07/01/2025
16. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Publié: 06/01/2025
17. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

    Publié: 05/01/2025
18. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

    Publié: 04/01/2025
19. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

    Publié: 03/01/2025
20. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

    Publié: 02/01/2025