HistoryPod

11th February 1919: Friedrich Ebert elected as first President of the German Weimar Republic

Although committed to democratic principles, the Weimar Republic and President Ebert faced...

• 0
• 0
• 2 meses

9th February 1950: Joseph McCarthy starts the Second Red Scare with a speech claiming Communists were working in the...

In his address to the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club, McCarthy claimed to possess a list of...

• 0
• 0
• 2 meses

7th February 1914: Charlie Chaplin’s iconic ‘Tramp’ character makes his first public appearance in the

The film was an immediate success, and audiences were quick to recognize the arrival of a new and...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

5th February 1909: Bakelite, the world’s first synthetic plastic, announced by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland

The commercial success of Bakelite extended beyond its utility as its distinctive appearance,...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

3rd February 1972: The deadliest recorded blizzard hit northwestern, central and southern Iran

Approximately 4,000 people perished in the blizzard, where the worst affected areas were buried...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

2nd February 1709: Alexander Selkirk rescued after spending more than four years as a castaway

Marooned alone on Más a Tierra Island in the uninhabited Juan Fernández archipelago, Selkirk...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

1st February 1861: Texas declares its secession from the United States after a convention votes overwhelmingly in favour

Elected representatives assembled in Austin on January 28, 1861, and four days later on 1...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

28th January 1896: First speeding ticket for an automobile issued to British motorist Walter Arnold

Arnold faced three additional charges of using a locomotive without a horse, having fewer than...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

27th January 1916: Conscription for WW1 introduced by the British Government in the Military Service Act

The Military Service Act made all single men and childless widowers between the ages of 18 and 41...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

26th January 1885: Siege of Khartoum ends when Sudanese Mahdist forces capture the city from Governor-General Charles...

General Gordon’s pleas for reinforcements for the besieged city fell on deaf ears in the British...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

25th January 1924: First Winter Olympic Games begin in Chamonix, France

International Winter Sports Week was an incredible success, and the following year the IOC...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

24th January 1935: The first canned beer goes on sale from the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia

Canned beer was an immediate success and the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company saw sales...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

18th January 1911: Eugene Ely lands the first aircraft on a ship when he touches down on USS Pennsylvania

Following a brief flight, Ely executed a successful landing on USS Pennsylvania in a Curtiss...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

17th January 1966: Palomares incident sees a B-52 break apart after a mid-air collision, dropping four nuclear bombs

The B-52 bomber was taking part in Operation Chrome Dome when it collided with a KC-135...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

15th January 1892: Rules for basketball published for the first time by James Naismith

On 15 January, 1892, Naismith published his original list of thirteen rules in the Springfield...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

14th January 1967: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

The Human Be-In was conceived by Visionary artist Michael Bowen as a "Gathering of the Tribes" to...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

12th January 1848: The first of the Revolutions of 1848 begins in Palermo on the island of Sicily

Beginning in Sicily, revolutions quickly spread across the continent and by the end of the year a...

• 0
• 0
• 3 meses

8th January 1828: Democratic Party established in the United States to become the oldest active voter-based political...

The presidential election of 1828 served as the catalyst for the Democratic Party’s formation as...

• 0
• 0
• 4 meses

7th January 1782: The Bank of North America, the nation’s first chartered bank, opens in Philadelphia

The bank played a pivotal role in stabilizing the nation’s finances in the early years of new...

• 0
• 0
• 4 meses

6th January 1912: Continental Drift hypothesis first presented by German scientist Alfred Wegener

Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis laid the groundwork for the concept of plate tectonics,...

• 0
• 0
• 4 meses