Historical calendar

1926 - A treaty banning the slave trade and slavery is signed in Geneva, Switzerland. This treaty was initially signed...

1948 - The famous Honda engine and car company is founded in Tokyo. Created by Soiciro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa,...

1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the Treaty of Karlstad. This treaty peacefully resolved the territorial division between two countries,...

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...

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...