The last pair of great auks is killed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk’]
Author: Staff
2 July 1644
Battle of Marston Moor. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor’]
1 July 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg’]
30 June 1953
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette’]
15 February 1971
The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. February 15, 1971 All change as Britain switches to decimal currency Britain said farewell to…
14 February 1929
Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what became know as the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre….
13 February 1955
Israel gets four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. On February 13, 1955, Israels prime minister, Moshe Sharett, held a press conference to announce that…
12 February 1961
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 to fly to the planet, Venus. Venera 1, the first spacecraft to fly past Venus, was launched by the…
11 February 1942
The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore during World War II. The Battle of Bukit Timah, which took place on the 11 February…
10 February 1996
The IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue, defeats Garry Kasparov in chess. Deep Blue and Kasparov played each other on two occasions. The first match began on…