Historical calendar

1913 - Formally named the United States Department of Labor. This Department is a US federal government cabinet-level department responsible...

1918 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and to accept German control...

1901 - US Congress passes the Platt Amendment restricting Cuban autonomy as a condition of withdrawal of US troops. He...

1922 - The United Kingdom completes its protectorate on Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Through this statement, the...

1900 - Bayern Munich Football Club established. Bayern Munich is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. He is...

1909 - Kinemacolor, the first successful process of color motion pictures, first appears to the general public at the Palace...

1933 - Released at sea, USS Ranger. This was the first US Navy ship to have been designed since construction...

1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia. The statement was drafted by the Rescue Committee elected by the elders of...

1927 - German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his principle...