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391 Épisodes

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

   Publié: 01/03/2025
2. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

   Publié: 28/02/2025
3. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

   Publié: 27/02/2025
4. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

   Publié: 26/02/2025
5. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

   Publié: 25/02/2025
6. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

   Publié: 24/02/2025
7. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

   Publié: 23/02/2025
8. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

   Publié: 22/02/2025
9. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

   Publié: 21/02/2025
10. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

    Publié: 20/02/2025
11. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Publié: 19/02/2025
12. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Publié: 18/02/2025
13. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Publié: 17/02/2025
14. 16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

    Publié: 16/02/2025
15. 15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars

    Publié: 15/02/2025
16. 14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

    Publié: 14/02/2025
17. 13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II

    Publié: 13/02/2025
18. 12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Publié: 12/02/2025
19. 11th February 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran

    Publié: 11/02/2025
20. 10th February 1940: First Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Publié: 10/02/2025