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1. 5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

   Udgivet: 5.3.2025
2. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

   Udgivet: 4.3.2025
3. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

   Udgivet: 3.3.2025
4. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

   Udgivet: 2.3.2025
5. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

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6. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

   Udgivet: 28.2.2025
7. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

   Udgivet: 27.2.2025
8. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

   Udgivet: 26.2.2025
9. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

   Udgivet: 25.2.2025
10. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

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11. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Udgivet: 23.2.2025
12. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Udgivet: 22.2.2025
13. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

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14. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

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15. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Udgivet: 19.2.2025
16. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Udgivet: 18.2.2025
17. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Udgivet: 17.2.2025
18. 16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

    Udgivet: 16.2.2025
19. 15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars

    Udgivet: 15.2.2025
20. 14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

    Udgivet: 14.2.2025