Historical calendar

1921 - One of the largest BASF flour mills in the region explodes in Oppau, southwestern Germany. During an accidental...

1911 - France successfully launches its first SS France trans-ocean liner. This trans-oceanic, otherwise labeled as the Versailles of the...

1893 - In New Zealand, the government led by Prime Minister Richard Seddon, through the Electoral Act signed by Governor-General...

1931 - In northeast China's Manchuria, what is referred to in world conflict historiography as the Mukden Incident occurs. It...

1928 - In Florida, USA, one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of this country occurs. Also known...

1908 - Founded in Detroit by William C. Durant, Charles Stewart Mott, and Frederic L. Smith, the world's most famous...

1916 - Tanks first used at the Battle of Somme in northern France. This battle would be one of the...

1901 - US President William McKinley dies after being fatally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and succeeded...

1956 - The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk space. RAMAC stood for the...

1910 - The premiere performance of Symphony no. 8 by Gustav Mahler in Munich with a choir of 852 singers...