ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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10 Feb - Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, found murdered + The founding of Liberia | 0 | Kitkat | 214 | Mon 10 Feb 2020, 14:20 by Kitkat | ||
9 Feb - 1996 The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London + The Red Flag Act | 0 | Kitkat | 494 | Sun 09 Feb 2020, 15:20 by Kitkat | ||
8 Feb - Irish racehorse 'Shergar' is stolen + The burning of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | 0 | Kitkat | 212 | Sat 08 Feb 2020, 09:10 by Kitkat | ||
7 Feb - The European Union is established and the Maastricht Treaty is signed + Heroin was originally widely prescribed for common ailments; everything from coughs to headaches | 0 | Kitkat | 537 | Fri 07 Feb 2020, 12:45 by Kitkat | ||
6 Feb - King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen + The Angels of Mons | 0 | Kitkat | 227 | Thu 06 Feb 2020, 14:48 by Kitkat | ||
5 Feb - United Artists Film Studio is founded + The origins of the Internet | 0 | Kitkat | 250 | Wed 05 Feb 2020, 14:01 by Kitkat | ||
4 Feb - FaceBook is launched + 15 trivia facts about Europe you may not know | 2 | Kitkat | 317 | Tue 04 Feb 2020, 20:12 by Whiskers | ||
3 Feb - Cavalese Cable Car Disaster + Who invented the Keyboard? | 0 | Kitkat | 309 | Mon 03 Feb 2020, 10:45 by Kitkat | ||
2 Feb - Sled dogs reach Nome, Alaska, with Diphtheria serum + Who invented the teabag? | 0 | Kitkat | 251 | Sun 02 Feb 2020, 12:12 by Kitkat | ||
1 Feb - First Volume of Oxford English Dictionary is published + The Green Book | 0 | Kitkat | 524 | Sat 01 Feb 2020, 11:53 by Kitkat | ||
31 Jan - United States launches Explorer 1 + Shakespeare trivia | 0 | Kitkat | 211 | Fri 31 Jan 2020, 16:31 by Kitkat | ||
30 Jan - "Bloody Sunday" in Northern Ireland + What really happened to the "Mary Celeste" | 1 | Kitkat | 275 | Fri 31 Jan 2020, 00:11 by mac | ||
29 Jan - Liliuokalani becomes Hawaii's Last Monarch + John Glenn's Fireflies | 0 | Kitkat | 255 | Wed 29 Jan 2020, 14:47 by Kitkat | ||
28 Jan - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice first published + Who is buried under number 10 platform of King's Cross Station? | 0 | Kitkat | 286 | Tue 28 Jan 2020, 13:29 by Kitkat | ||
27 Jan - National Geographic Society Founded + First record of counting | 0 | Kitkat | 256 | Mon 27 Jan 2020, 12:22 by Kitkat | ||
26 Jan - Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss premieres + Pringles | 0 | Kitkat | 237 | Sun 26 Jan 2020, 12:10 by Kitkat | ||
25 Jan - First Emmy Awards for Excellence in Television + Chemist's war of Prohibition | 0 | Kitkat | 322 | Sat 25 Jan 2020, 12:29 by Kitkat | ||
24 Jan - California Gold Rush begins + The Manhattan of Tuscany | 0 | Kitkat | 250 | Fri 24 Jan 2020, 12:54 by Kitkat | ||
23 Jan - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members | 3 | Kitkat | 216 | Thu 23 Jan 2020, 22:03 by Whiskers | ||
22 Jan - The January Uprising begins + A best seller was written by a 9-year old | 0 | Kitkat | 185 | Wed 22 Jan 2020, 11:10 by Kitkat | ||
21 Jan - Louis XVI of France is Guillotined + Lizard-infused beer sends man to hospital | 0 | Kitkat | 257 | Tue 21 Jan 2020, 11:29 by Kitkat | ||
20 Jan - Barak Obama is sworn in as U.S. first black President + The Pineapple Craze | 1 | Kitkat | 284 | Mon 20 Jan 2020, 16:02 by Jamboree | ||
19 Jan - Apple Lisa launched + Edgar Allan Poe's prediction? | 0 | Kitkat | 195 | Sun 19 Jan 2020, 11:31 by Kitkat | ||
18 Jan - WWII: First Armed Insurgency in Warsaw Ghetto + The Halley's Comet Panic of 1910 | 0 | Kitkat | 290 | Sat 18 Jan 2020, 10:41 by Kitkat | ||
17 Jan - Popeye makes his debut in the Thimble Theater comic strip + Respect for the dead | 0 | Kitkat | 229 | Fri 17 Jan 2020, 11:45 by Kitkat | ||
16 Jan - Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote is published + The honey trap | 0 | Kitkat | 267 | Thu 16 Jan 2020, 13:09 by Kitkat | ||
15 Jan - Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya + The mystery of the Dutch ship Ourang Medan | 0 | Kitkat | 229 | Wed 15 Jan 2020, 11:28 by Kitkat | ||
14 Jan - Felice Orsini attempts to assassinate French Emperor Napoleon III + The health benefits of smoking as recommended by physicians ... | 0 | Kitkat | 231 | Tue 14 Jan 2020, 12:18 by Kitkat | ||
13 Jan - First successful escape from an aircraft using the Ejection Seat & - Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as Medicine | 0 | Kitkat | 174 | Mon 13 Jan 2020, 15:15 by Kitkat | ||
12 Jan - Dr. James Bedford becomes first person to undergo Cryopreservation & - 638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006 Channel 4 documentary) | 0 | Kitkat | 271 | Sun 12 Jan 2020, 14:12 by Kitkat | ||
11 Jan - Anglo-Zulu War Begins + SWitch the light on for 'yes' and off for 'no' ... | 0 | Kitkat | 193 | Sat 11 Jan 2020, 12:18 by Kitkat | ||
10 Jan - London Underground Begins Operation + The curse of Tristan and Isolde | 0 | Kitkat | 569 | Fri 10 Jan 2020, 12:57 by Kitkat | ||
9 Jan - Davy Lamp Tested at Hebburn Colliery + The death of Edgar Allan Poe | 0 | Kitkat | 243 | Thu 09 Jan 2020, 12:45 by Kitkat | ||
8 Jan - President Lyndon B. Johnson Declares a "War on Poverty" + The Listowel and Ballybunnion Railway | 0 | Kitkat | 435 | Wed 08 Jan 2020, 11:52 by Kitkat | ||
7 Jan - Galileo Galilei Discovers Three of Jupiter's Four Largest Moons + Animal groups | 0 | Kitkat | 191 | Tue 07 Jan 2020, 14:02 by Kitkat | ||
6 Jan - Samuel Morse successfully tests the electric telegraph + A wink gets you a free box of Kellog's cornflakes | 0 | Kitkat | 242 | Mon 06 Jan 2020, 11:46 by Kitkat | ||
5 Jan - Construction Begins on California's Golden Gate Bridge + Ramses' passport | 0 | Kitkat | 273 | Sun 05 Jan 2020, 14:25 by Kitkat | ||
4 Jan - Topsy the Elephant is Executed by Electrocution & - Moustache Cups | 0 | Kitkat | 618 | Sat 04 Jan 2020, 12:27 by Kitkat | ||
3 Jan - NASA's Mars Polar Lander Launched & The cat who sank the Bismarck - along with several other vessels | 0 | Kitkat | 242 | Fri 03 Jan 2020, 14:24 by Kitkat | ||
2 Jan - Second "Palmer Raid" Takes Place & The cat who was kidnapped from the Whitehouse | 0 | Kitkat | 308 | Thu 02 Jan 2020, 09:11 by Kitkat | ||
1 Jan - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Takes Effect & The first cat with a name | 0 | Kitkat | 300 | Wed 01 Jan 2020, 11:49 by Kitkat | ||
31 Dec - Arthur Guinness Signs a 9000-Year Lease on His Brewery & Dick Whittington's Cat - The cat who launched a political career | 0 | Kitkat | 247 | Tue 31 Dec 2019, 12:03 by Kitkat | ||
30 Dec - Saddam Hussein is Executed & The cat who was accused of murder | 0 | Kitkat | 493 | Mon 30 Dec 2019, 12:16 by Kitkat | ||
29 Dec - The establishment of Éire in 1937 & America's first Siamese Cat | 0 | Kitkat | 303 | Sun 29 Dec 2019, 12:50 by Kitkat | ||
28 Dec - Lumière Brothers' First Film Screening for a Paying Public Audience & Schrödinger's Cat | 0 | Kitkat | 210 | Sat 28 Dec 2019, 10:35 by Kitkat | ||
27 Dec - The Hagia Sophia is Completed & The cat who played with a gorilla | 0 | Kitkat | 614 | Fri 27 Dec 2019, 12:11 by Kitkat | ||
26 Dec - (2004) Massive tsunami causes damage and kills thousands in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand & The cat who sparked an international incident | 0 | Kitkat | 264 | Thu 26 Dec 2019, 13:47 by Kitkat | ||
25 Dec - Charlemagne Crowned Emperor & The cat who predicted seizures | 0 | Kitkat | 238 | Thu 26 Dec 2019, 00:00 by Kitkat | ||
24 Dec - The Ku Klux Klan is Formed & The forlorn temple cat who became Japan's symbol of good fortune | 0 | Kitkat | 244 | Tue 24 Dec 2019, 14:11 by Kitkat | ||
23 December - Rutan Voyager Completes First Nonstop Flight around the World without Refueling & Sir Isaac Newton's Cat: The inspiration for the cat door | 0 | Kitkat | 262 | Mon 23 Dec 2019, 11:30 by Kitkat |
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