In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army began…
6 March 1899
Bayer first registers “Aspirin” as a trademark. Aspirin is born: March 6, 1899 The Friedrich Bayer & Co., long a German dye manufacturer, ensures its…
5 March 1943
First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first combat jet aircraft. The Gloster Meteor was the first British operational jet fighter and the only Allied…
4 March 1351
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. Ramathibodi I, born March 10, 1315—died 1369, Ayutthaya now in Thailand, founder and first king 1351–69 of the Thai kingdom…
3 March 1923
TIME magazine is published for the first time. “….After graduating from Yale in 1920, Luce spent a year in England studying at Oxford before returning…
2 March 1946
Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. H? Chí Minh, 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969, born Nguy?n Sinh Cung, also…
1 March 1565
The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the…
28 February 1991
The first Gulf War ends. In what may well be remembered as the high-water mark of the projection of American power and prestige, it was…
27 February 1900
The British Labour Party is founded. In 1899, a Doncaster member of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Thomas R. Steels, proposed in his union…
26 February 1980
Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. Egypt–Israel relations are foreign relations between Egypt and Israel. The state of war between both countries which dated…