Historical calendar

1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which would later be...

1941 - During World War II, the Battle of Hong Kong ends, ending with the victory of Japanese troops, beginning...

1913 - The Federal Reserve Act is signed by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve...

1894 - The Dreyfus case begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of high treason. It was a...

1879 - Joseph Stalin is born in Gori, Georgia. Stalin, was a Georgian politician and Soviet revolutionary who led the...

1832 - Born in the village of Shoshan in the Gjakova Highlands, Haxhi Zeka was one of the organizers of...

1924 - German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders. Known as the Hanover...

1898 - Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially known ground speed record of 65 km / h through a...

1903 - The Wright brothers make the first controlled flight possible. With an airplane heavier than air, they make several...

1922 - Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. During the 1922...