Historical calendar

1901 - The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. The...

1948 - The Genocide Convention is formally ratified. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide...

1953 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to...

1941 - Japan Imperial Navy launches a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its Army and Navy...

1892 - Werner von Siemens dies in Berlin at the age of 75. Siemens, was a German electrical engineer, inventor...

1925 – Born in Leon, Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Somoza, was a Nicaraguan dictator and officially the President of Nicaragua from...

1881 - The first issue of the Los Angeles Times is published in the United States. It has the fourth...

1927 - "Putting Pants on Philip", the first film by Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel, is released in the United...

1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. Puyi will also be remembered as the last...

1822 - Pedro I of Portugal is crowned King of Brazil. He would lead the Orleans-Braganza dynasty, in the giant...