51 – Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth)
1238 – Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance
1793 – French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
1853 – Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
1970 – NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
1972 – Abercorn Restaurant bombing: a bomb explodes in a crowded restaurant in Belfast, killing two civilians and wounding 130
1974 – Harold Wilson replaces resigning Edward Heath as British premier
1976 – John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
1979 – 200th episode of “All in the Family”
1983 – U.S. Public Health Service’s publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 3rd March 2023
1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China
1869 – University of South Carolina opens to all races
1873 – US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
1920 – Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
1936 – Clarence Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
1945 – US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1985 – National Union of Mine Workers in Britain ends a 51 week strike
2015 – “Under the Dome” a documentary on pollution in China by Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent
2020 – Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19 as country reports 77 deaths and 2,300 cases including two dozen MPs
2022 – Russian forces seize the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe
Historical Events for 2nd March 2023
1836 – Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia
1896 – Best 9-wicket haul in cricket history; George Lohmann takes 9-28 as England beats South Africa by an innings and 197 runs in 2nd Test at Johannesburg
1944 – Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocate 521 in Italy
1966 – After suffering a hairline fracture of his right hind foot, 5-time US Horse of the Year Kelso is immediately retired; racing’s all-time leading money winner with lifetime earnings of $1,977,896
1969 – 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1993 – Actress Claudette Colbert suffers a stroke at 89
2000 – America’s Cup, Auckland: Team New Zealand beats Italian yacht Prada Challenge by 0.48s for a 5-0 series sweep; NZ only the 2nd country in 150 years to successfully defend the Cup
2019 – FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival in its 50th year awards the Golden Stallion of Yennenga to “The Mercy of the Jungle” by Joel Karekezi, in Burkina Faso
2019 – Australian wonder horse Winx sets world record for Group 1 wins in the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney; stretches unbeaten run to 31 races, and her 23rd in the highest class of thoroughbred racing
2020 – American singer-songwriter Garth Brooks receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Historical Events for 1st March 2023
1831 – Lord John Russell introduces the Reform Bill in the British House of Commons on the government’s behalf to revamp the electoral system of England and Wales and increase the franchise
1864 – Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1867 – Howard University, Washington, D.C., chartered
1914 – Dutch Minister of War Hendrikus Colijn named director of British Petroleum
1941 – Former University of Notre Dame star fullback Elmer Layden is named first Commissioner of the NFL
1944 – U-358 sinks in Atlantic
1972 – Two Catholic teenagers shot dead by the Royal Ulster Constabulary while ‘joy riding’ in a stolen car in Belfast
1996 – New toll-free 888 area code introduced in USA
2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station
Historical Events for 28th February 2023
1653 – -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
1849 – 11th Grand National: Tom Cunningham wins aboard 20/1 Peter Simple; 2nd consecutive year there are 3 equine fatalities during the race
1912 – Australian batting great Victor Trumper scores 50 in his final Test innings in 5th Test loss v England at Sydney Cricket Ground
1933 – On Adolf Hitler’s advice, German President Paul von Hindenburg signs the Reichstag Fire Decree after the building is destroyed by fire in Berlin; this eliminates many civil liberties in Germany
1970 – WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 – WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting
1981 – People’s Republic of China throws out the Netherlands ambassador due to Dutch sales of submarines to Taiwan
1997 – FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
2001 – The US Environmental Protection Agency announces that it intends to proceed with implementation of tighter restrictions on sulfur content in diesel fuel; the rule is opposed by many in the refining industry
Historical Events for 27th February 2023
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
1670 – Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1813 – US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
1864 – 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1960 – US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
1966 – 8th Daytona 500: Polesitter Richard Petty comes from 2 laps down to win the event after 198 laps were completed because of rain
1970 – NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
1980 – Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
2012 – Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor
Historical Events for 26th February 2023
1917 – 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
1924 – Trial against Adolf Hitler for treason in “Beer Hall Putsch” begins in Munich, Germany
1930 – Play “Green Pastures” opens at Mansfield Theater
1935 – RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
1953 – Allen Dulles officially promoted from deputy director to become the 5th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1981 – 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn and Bost
1991 – Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait during the Gulf War, killing hundreds and creating the so-called ‘Highway of Death’
1998 – Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)
2018 – Cold weather nicknamed “the Beast from the East” hits Europe, killing 7 and covering Pompeii in snow
2019 – Catholic Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sexual abuse in Melbourne, Australia. As treasurer at the Vatican, the highest-ranking church official to be convicted; overturned in 2020
Historical Events for 25th February 2023
1799 – US Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
1904 – Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games
1910 – Dalai Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops
1919 – Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit “That’ll Be the Day” in Clovis, New Mexico
1962 – India Congress Party wins elections
1981 – Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
1986 – 28th Grammy Awards: “We Are the World”, Sade, Phil Collins win
1992 – 34th Grammy Awards: “Unforgettable”;, Marc Cohn win
1999 – British chef Gordon Ramsay comes to prominence appearing in the TV documentary “Boiling Point” detailing the opening of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Historical Events for 24th February 2023
1552 – Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated
1894 – Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1917 – German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
1943 – Major General Omar Bradley flies to Algiers
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 – American radio and television personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1997 – Qatar inaugurates the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting facility and formally launches Qatar Liquefied Gas Co.
2002 – 55th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” Best Film, Peter Jackson Best Director
2018 – Men’s big air snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Pyeongchang; Canada’s Sébastien Toutant is inaugural gold medallist
2019 – 91st Academy Awards: Best Picture “Green Book”, Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman
Historical Events for 23rd February 2023
1660 – Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
1778 – Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
1910 – 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
1945 – US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture
1969 – Groundbreaking TV documentary series “Civilisation” presented by art historian Kenneth Clark premieres on BBC2 in the UK
1979 – Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps
1985 – Goaltender Patrick Roy makes his NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens
2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
2016 – US primary elections: Nevada Republican Primary – Donald Trump wins with 45.9.5%
2019 – Clashes on Venezuelan border kills two as its country’s officials try to stop aid getting in