Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt’]
4 March 1970
French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Eurydice_(S644)’]
3 March 1991
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King’]
2 March 1946
Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh’]
1 March 1932
Charles Lindbergh’s son is reportedly kidnapped. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping’]
29 February 2000
Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War’]
28 February 1991
The first Gulf War ends. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War’]
27 February 1881
First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Majuba_Hill’]
26 February 2013
A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Luxor_hot_air_balloon_crash’]
25 February 1991
The Warsaw Pact is abolished. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact’]