The secret police of East Germany, the Stasi, is established. The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, was the official state security…
7 February 1935
The board game Monopoly is invented. On this day 81 years ago Charles Darrow’ popular board game, Monopoly, based on the streets of Atlantic City,…
6 February 1833
Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece. Otto of Greece (Othon, Vasileus tis Ellados) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832,…
5 February 1971
Apollo 14 astronauts land on the moon. Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the United States Apollo program, and the third to land…
4 February 1859
The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt. On this day in 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt, in the Monastery of Saint Catherine,…
3 February 1897
The Greco-Turkish War starts. The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days’ War and known in Greece as the Black ’97 or the…
2 February 1901
The funeral of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria died on 22nd January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and was buried in The…
1 February 1981
Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in was has…
31 January 1929
The Soviet Union send Leon Trotsky into exile. Leon Trotsky is a communist theorist and agitator, a leader in Russia’s October Revolution in 1917, and…
30 January 2003
Belgium officially recognizes same sex marriages. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Belgium have been seen as some of the most progressive in Europe…