27th February 1933: Reichstag building in Berlin set on fire in an arson attack
Communists were blamed for starting the fire in the Reichstag, and Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found and ...
27 Feb 20220s
26th February 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba and sails to the French mainland
The ships from the British Navy that were supposed to ensure Napoleon was unable to escape his exile were not in the area when, on 26 February, he left the island and headed for the French mainland on board the brig Inconstant accompanied by almost a thousand ...
26 Feb 20220s
25th February 1956: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivers his ‘secret speech’ announcing the start of de-Stalinization
Officially called ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’, Khrushchev’s speech was a vehement denunciation of Stalin’s abuses of power and his creation of a personality ...
25 Feb 20220s
24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act
Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of ...
24 Feb 20220s
