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Joan Of Arc Was Put On Trail

1 min; January 09, 2022

Andrew Jackson Defended New Orleans From The British

1 min; January 08, 2022

Pol Pot's Rule In Cambodia Came To An End

1 min; January 07, 2022

Samuel Morse Demonstrated His New Telegram System

1 min; January 06, 2022

The Dreyfus Affair Reached Its Climax

2 mins; January 05, 2022

Samuel Colt First Sold His Revolvers To the US Government

1 min; January 04, 2022

King Tutankhamun's Sarcophagus Was Uncovered

1 min; January 03, 2022

Japanese Defeat At Port Arthur

1 min; January 02, 2022

A New Calendar Was Established By Julius Caesar

1 min; January 01, 2022

The East India Trading Company Was Established

1 min; December 31, 2021

The USSR Was Founded

1 min; December 30, 2021

Archbishop Thomas Becket Was Murdered

1 min; December 29, 2021

The Very First Public Movie Screening

1 min; December 28, 2021

Radio City Music Hall Opened Its Doors

1 min; December 27, 2021

A Key Victory For The Revolutionary War

1 min; December 26, 2021

Troops Call An Unofficial Truce

1 min; December 25, 2021

Signing Of The Treaty Of Ghent

1 min; December 24, 2021

Van Gogh Cut Off A Portion Of His Own Ear

1 min; December 23, 2021

The Battle Of The Bulge

1 min; December 22, 2021

Marie Curie Discovered Radium

1 min; December 21, 2021

Richard The Lionheart Was Captured

1 min; December 20, 2021

Britain Returned Hong Kong To China

2 mins; December 19, 2021

The Mayflower Arrived At Plymouth

1 min; December 18, 2021

The Wright Brothers Launched Their First Airplane

1 min; December 17, 2021

The Boston Tea Party Took Place

1 min; December 16, 2021

The Bill Of Rights Was Rattified

1 min; December 15, 2021

First Human Beings To Reach The South Pole

1 min; December 14, 2021

Japanese Troops Enter Nanjing

1 min; December 13, 2021

The Mona Lisa Was Recovered

1 min; December 12, 2021

Edward VII Became The First Monarch To Abdicate

1 min; December 11, 2021

The First Nobel Prizes Were Awarded

1 min; December 10, 2021

A Charlie Brown Christmas Aired For The First Time

1 min; December 09, 2021

John Lennon Was Shot

1 min; December 08, 2021

Japan Bombed Pearl Harbour

1 min; December 07, 2021

Construction Was Completed On The Washington Monument

1 min; December 06, 2021

Prohibition Came To An End

1 min; December 05, 2021

President Bush Orders Troops To Somalia

1 min; December 04, 2021

The First Issue Of The North Star Newspaper Was Published

1 min; December 03, 2021

Napoleon Crowned Himself Emperor

1 min; December 02, 2021

Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Seat

1 min; December 01, 2021

The Pastry War Began

1 min; November 30, 2021

The UN Adopted Resolution 181

2 mins; November 29, 2021

The Tehran Conference Began

2 mins; November 28, 2021

The First Crusade

1 min; November 27, 2021

Thanksgiving Is Established As A National Holiday

1 min; November 26, 2021

The Treaty Of Granada Was Signed

1 min; November 25, 2021

Charles Darwin Publishes On The Origin Of Species

1 min; November 24, 2021

Boss Tweed Is Taken Into Custody.

1 min; November 23, 2021

John F Kennedy Was Assassinated

1 min; November 22, 2021

The First Bloody Sunday

1 min; November 21, 2021

The Nuremberg Trials Began

1 min; November 20, 2021

Lincoln Delivered The Gettysburg Address

1 min; November 19, 2021

Mass Suicide At Jonestown

2 mins; November 18, 2021

The Suez Canal Opened

1 min; November 17, 2021

The Santa Fe Trail Was Opened

1 min; November 16, 2021

Congress Approved The Articles Of Confederation

1 min; November 15, 2021

Clement The 5th Became First Of The Avignon Popes

1 min; November 14, 2021

The Anglo-American Committee Of Inquiry Was Founded

1 min; November 13, 2021

Atlanta Burnt To The Ground

1 min; November 12, 2021

World War One Came To An End

1 min; November 11, 2021

Dr David Livingstone Was Found

2 mins; November 10, 2021

The Berlin Wall Began To Be Torn Down

1 min; November 09, 2021

The Beer Hall Push

1 min; November 08, 2021

FDR Becomes President

1 min; November 07, 2021

The Second Russian Revolution Began

1 min; November 06, 2021

The Gunpowder Plot Was Foiled

1 min; November 05, 2021

The Iranian Hostage Crisis Began

1 min; November 04, 2021

King Henry VIII Becomes Head Of The Church Of England

1 min; November 03, 2021

James Monroe States The Monroe Doctrine

1 min; November 02, 2021

John Quincy Adams Becomes 6th President Of The United States

1 min; November 01, 2021

Martin Luther Published His 95 Theses

1 min; October 31, 2021

Orson Welles Premeried The War Of The Worlds On The Radio

1 min; October 30, 2021

Mussolini Was Appointed Prime Minister Of Italy

1 min; October 29, 2021

Congress Passed The Volstead Act

1 min; October 28, 2021

William Penn Founded The City Of Philadelphia

1 min; October 27, 2021

The Erie Canal Opened For Business

1 min; October 26, 2021

Battle At Agincourt

1 min; October 25, 2021

The United Nations Was Formally Established

1 min; October 24, 2021

The Topeka Constitutional Convention Met

2 mins; October 23, 2021

John Paul II Was Inaugurated As Pope

2 mins; October 22, 2021

Britain Wins The Battle Of Trafalgar

1 min; October 21, 2021

The US Senate Ratified The Louisiana Purchase

1 min; October 20, 2021

The Siege Of Yorktown

1 min; October 19, 2021

The United States Purchased Alaska

1 min; October 18, 2021

Al Capone Was Sent To Prison

1 min; October 17, 2021

The Long March

2 mins; October 16, 2021

Napoleon Arrived On The Island Of St Helena

1 min; October 15, 2021

Start Of The Cuban Missile Crisis

1 min; October 14, 2021

The Cornerstone Of The White House Was Laid

1 min; October 13, 2021

The Very First Oktoberfest Was Held

1 min; October 12, 2021

The Wuchang Uprising Began

1 min; October 11, 2021

The Battle Of Tours Was Fought

2 mins; October 10, 2021

Che Guevara Was Killed

2 mins; October 09, 2021

The First Balkan War Began

1 min; October 08, 2021

The US Began To Invade Afghanistan

1 min; October 07, 2021

The Yom Kippur War Began

2 mins; October 06, 2021

The Battle Of The Thames

1 min; October 05, 2021

Launch Of Sputnik

1 min; October 04, 2021

East And West Germany Reunite

2 mins; October 03, 2021

The Siege Of Jerusalem Ended

2 mins; October 02, 2021

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