1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail
Hitler’s detention provided him with the opportunity to write Mein Kampf, his blueprint for power, and to rethink the tactics he would use to take that power in ...
1 Apr 0s
31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis
The Kaiser’s speech in Tangier was a direct challenge to the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, who had previously secured wide European support for control of ...
31 Mar 0s
30th March 1981: Attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C.
One bullet struck Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, another wounded District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty, and a third struck Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy as he attempted ...
30 Mar 0s
29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China
The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, ...
29 Mar 0s
28th March 1871: The Paris Commune proclaimed, and Council met for the first time
The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody ...
28 Mar 0s
27th March 1958: Nikita Khrushchev consolidates his power over the USSR as Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Khrushchev had already been elected First Secretary of the Communist Party, and his later rise to Chairman of the Council of Ministers placed both the party leadership and the government administratio...
27 Mar 0s
26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima ends after US Marines officially secure the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific
The US invasion of Iwo Jima, known as ‘Operation Detachment’, led to five weeks of fierce fighting between around 21,000 Japanese troops and 110,000 ...
26 Mar 0s
25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community
The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European ...
25 Mar 0s
