6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States
Roosevelt's press conference was exclusively for women reporters. It was the first time a president’s wife had held a press briefing, marking a significant departure from previous ...
6 Mar 0s
5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri
Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech played a significant role in changing western perceptions of their former Soviet ...
5 Mar 0s
4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII
The Forth Railway Bridge stretches almost 2.5km across the Firth of Forth, a large estuary area to west of ...
4 Mar 0s
3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7
Dammam Well No. 7 well produced 1,585 barrels in its first day, leading to further exploration that revealed vast oil fields in Saudi ...
3 Mar 0s
2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine
Chappe was born into a wealthy family in 1763 and originally trained as a member of the ...
2 Mar 0s
1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park
Yellowstone became the first national park in the world after President Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication ...
1 Mar 0s
28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas
The Waco siege began in Texas after agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian ...
28 Feb 0s
27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party
The Labour Representation Committee aimed to secure parliamentary representation for labour candidates, funded by trade unions. Ramsay MacDonald was appointed secretary, and six years later it adopted the name Labour ...
27 Feb 0s
