Historical calendar

1940 - Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver to British Columbia, Canada. This...

1911 - George V and Mary of Teck are crowned kings and queens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

1942 - A Japanese submarine appears near the Columbia River in Oregon during World War II, firing 17 missiles at...

1895 - The Kiel Canal is officially opened, crossing the base of the Jutland Peninsula and the world's busiest artificial...

1867 - Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Queretaro. He was, the...

1900 - China's Dowager Cixi Empire orders the killing of all foreign nationals, including diplomats and their families. Dowager Cixi,...

1922 - Portuguese aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first South Atlantic Air Passage. Although the North Atlantic...

1911 - IBM is founded as the New York-based Computing and Informatics Recording Company. It is an American company, with...

1934 - The Great Smoky Mountains are declared a national park in the United States. Great National Smoky Mountains is...

1907 - Norway gives women the right to vote. The Kingdom of Norway is becoming one of the first countries...