1665 – English King Charles II declares war on Netherlands
1824 – The “National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck” founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
1918 – Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921)
1925 – Swain’s Island, a remote coral atoll, is annexed by the United States and incorporated into American Samoa
1962 – AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
1973 – 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America
2001 – Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people
2002 – Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos leftover from fertility treatments or abortions
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 3rd March 2026
493 – Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
1845 – US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
1863 – Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
1883 – Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
1915 – US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) created, the predecessor of NASA
1959 – The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts opens in Yerevan, Armenia, with a collection of over 23,000 manuscripts
1966 – Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to exile in Conakry, Guinea
1987 – Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame
Historical Events for 2nd March 2026
1866 – 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated in Connecticut
1893 – 1st US federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1895 – US Congress renames the Office of Immigration as the Bureau of Immigration
1942 – 14th Academy Awards: “How Green was My Valley”, Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win
1967 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 – Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov of the Soviet Union
2012 – New fiscal compact to prevent excessive debt is signed by 25 out of 27 European Union members
2021 – Governors of Texas and Mississippi both announce they are lifting mask mandates and COVID-19 health measures despite CDC warnings of complacency
Historical Events for 1st March 2026
1815 – Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law
1913 – David Beatty becomes Rear-Admiral Commanding the Royal Navy’s 1st Battlecruiser Squadron
1941 – German troops invade Bulgaria
1976 – 11th Academy of Country Music Awards: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn win
1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
1993 – New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is reinstated as general partner of the team; banned because of his relationship with convicted gambler Howie Spira
1997 – “Mandy Patinkin in Concert” opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for limited run of 16 performances
2016 – MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred sends a strong message on the issue of domestic violence; issues a 30-game suspension to NY Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman
Historical Events for 28th February 2026
1749 – 1st edition of Henry Fielding’s novel “Tom Jones” is published
1882 – 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University
1900 – General Buller’s troops relieve Ladysmith in Natal
1904 – Vincent d’Indy’s 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
1914 – Rida Johnson Young, James Royce Shannon, and Chanucy Ollcot’s musical “Shameen Dhu” closes at the Opera House, NYC, after a limited engagement of 32 performances
1981 – Columbia Records releases “Seven Year Ache,” the third studio album by Rosanne Cash; it is her commercial breakthrough and goes to #1 on the country music chart
1998 – “View From the Bridge” closes at Criterion Theater NYC
2016 – Explosion at Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia kills 36, including 5 rescuers
Historical Events for 27th February 2026
1900 – Battle of Paardeberg: Boer General Piet Cronjé surrenders to the British after a prolonged siege
1901 – National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1997 – British singer Sade arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a police officer
1998 – FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati
1998 – 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards – General Hospital wins
2007 – Mark Messier’s #11 jersey is retired by the Edmonton Oilers
2014 – Chaos erupts after the Swedish Public Employment Service mistakenly invites 61,000 people to a job interview in Stockholm
2014 – Unmarked Russia special forces invade neighboring Crimea, Ukraine to assist pro-Russian nationalists, occupying government buildings in preparation for annexation
Historical Events for 26th February 2026
1917 – First jazz records are recorded: “Dixie Jazz Band One Step” and “Livery Stable Blues” by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company in NYC
1917 – Russian February Revolution: Tsar Nicolas II orders army to quell civil unrest in Petrograd – army mutinies [NS Mar 11]
1955 – Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green’s musical “Peter Pan”, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 152 performances
1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks
1991 – Signs of Iran crude now an option for US refiners, but no imports from Iran likely in near future
2004 – US lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending restrictions that had lasted for 23 years
2017 – 59th Daytona 500: Kurt Busch wins after Kyle Larson runs out of gas on last lap; Jeffrey Earnhardt makes NASCAR history, 1st ever 4th generation driver to compete in Daytona 500
2023 – Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams faces widespread condemnation for his comments about African Americans in a YouTube show, prompting his strip and up-coming book to be cancelled
Historical Events for 25th February 2026
1746 – The Duke of Cumberland’s troops occupy Aberdeen
1892 – J. M. Barrie’s stage play “Walker London” premieres in London
1960 – John Cage’s musical composition “Music for Amplified Toy Pianos” premieres in Middletown, Connecticut
1980 – Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1981 – Rita Jenrette, wife of US “Abscam” congressman, appears on “Donahue” TV talk show
1981 – Exec Board of Baseball Players’ Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
1991 – Businessman Bruce McNall, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy buy CFL’s Toronto Argonauts
2013 – Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election
Historical Events for 24th February 2026
1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War
1927 – John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St NYC
1969 – Northern Ireland Stormont parliament elections are held; the Unionist party fragments into ‘Official Unionist’ and ‘Unofficial Unionist’
1969 – Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby to study planet’s atmosphere
1982 – Boston Celtics begin an 18 NBA game winning streak
1988 – US Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
1988 – South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
2018 – Japanese speed skater Nana Takagi wins her 2nd gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the women’s mass start event; also member Japan’s successful pursuit team
Historical Events for 23rd February 2026
1668 – Fire in the Hofburg in Vienna, Emperor Leopold I rescued
1904 – Fiordland National Park in New Zealand is created, home to the Milford Track and at 4,600 square miles (12,000 square km), one of the world’s largest
1923 – German Republic day with laws against worker
1954 – First mass inoculation against polio with the Jonas Salk vaccine takes place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1970 – Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
1976 – Final meeting between Chinese Communist party Chairman Mao Zedong and former US President Richard Nixon, in Beijing, China
1999 – British TV drama “Queer as Folk” written by Russell T. Davies, starring Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam premieres on Channel 4
2019 – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir declares a national emergency, dismisses the federal government and sacks all state governors