The German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first describes his theory of continental drift. article is about the development of the continental drift hypothesis before 1958. For…
5 January 1919
The German Workers Party is founded. It later becomes the Nazi Party. On 5 January 1919, the German Workers’ Party was founded in Munich in…
4 January 46 BC
Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus during the Battle of Ruspina. The Battle of Ruspina was fought on 4 January 46 BC in the Roman province…
3 January 1956
Fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. An electrical fire briefly engulfed a top corner of the Eiffel Tower today, startling tourists and…
2 January 1833
British sovereignty is reasserted over the Falkland Islands. In 1765, Captain John Byron explored Saunders Island, which lies 1.5 miles off the coast of West…
1 January 1995
The World Trade Organization comes into existence. The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1…
31 December 1501
The First Battle of Cannanore starts. The First Battle of Cannanore was a naval engagement between the Third Portuguese Armada under João da Nova and…
30 December 1936
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike. At 8 p.m. on December 30, 1936, in one of the first sit-down strikes in…
29 December 1851
The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts. The first YMCA in the United States opened on 29 December 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was…
28 December 1836
Adelaide, Australia was proclaimed as a British settlement on 28 December 1836. Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, was founded in 1836 and stands out…