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1. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

   Gepubliceerd: 8-3-2025
2. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

   Gepubliceerd: 7-3-2025
3. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

   Gepubliceerd: 6-3-2025
4. 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

   Gepubliceerd: 5-3-2025
5. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

   Gepubliceerd: 4-3-2025
6. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

   Gepubliceerd: 3-3-2025
7. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

   Gepubliceerd: 2-3-2025
8. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

   Gepubliceerd: 1-3-2025
9. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

   Gepubliceerd: 28-2-2025
10. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Gepubliceerd: 27-2-2025
11. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Gepubliceerd: 26-2-2025
12. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Gepubliceerd: 25-2-2025
13. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Gepubliceerd: 24-2-2025
14. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Gepubliceerd: 23-2-2025
15. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Gepubliceerd: 22-2-2025
16. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

    Gepubliceerd: 21-2-2025
17. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

    Gepubliceerd: 20-2-2025
18. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Gepubliceerd: 19-2-2025
19. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Gepubliceerd: 18-2-2025
20. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Gepubliceerd: 17-2-2025