The French ship La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba. Over 100 are killed. The French freighter La Coubre exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,…
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3 March 1938
Oil is first discovered in Saudi Arabia. On March 3, 1938, an American-owned oil well in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, drilled into what would soon be…
2 March 1859
The Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, starts. The Great Slave Auction in March 1859 is regarded as the largest…
1 March 1936
The Hoover Dam is finished. Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River,…
28 February 1991
The first Gulf War officially ends. The Gulf War is a well known conflict that occurred in the early 1990’s between Iraq and a coalition…
27 February 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. Twenty-second Amendment, amendment to the Constitution of the United States…
26 February 1935
Adolf Hitler directs that the Luftwaffe to be re-formed. This violates the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. The first way Hitler broke the Treaty…
25 February 1856
A peace conference in Paris opens after the end of the Crimean War. The Congress of Paris took place in 1856 to make peace after…
24 February 1942
A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25 for what became known as the Battle of…
23 February 1941
Plutonium is isolated for the first time by Glenn Seaborg. Seaborg, a world-renowned nuclear chemist, Nobel laureate in chemistry, professor and educator, and scientific advisor…