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1. 16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

   Gepubliceerd: 16-2-2025
2. 15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars

   Gepubliceerd: 15-2-2025
3. 14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

   Gepubliceerd: 14-2-2025
4. 13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II

   Gepubliceerd: 13-2-2025
5. 12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

   Gepubliceerd: 12-2-2025
6. 11th February 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran

   Gepubliceerd: 11-2-2025
7. 10th February 1940: First Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

   Gepubliceerd: 10-2-2025
8. 9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan

   Gepubliceerd: 9-2-2025
9. 8th February 1950: The Stasi formally established in East Germany as the Ministry for State Security

   Gepubliceerd: 8-2-2025
10. 7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television

    Gepubliceerd: 7-2-2025
11. 6th February 1819: Modern Singapore established with the signing of the Treaty of Singapore

    Gepubliceerd: 6-2-2025
12. 5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

    Gepubliceerd: 5-2-2025
13. 4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master

    Gepubliceerd: 4-2-2025
14. 3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’

    Gepubliceerd: 3-2-2025
15. 2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

    Gepubliceerd: 2-2-2025
16. 1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

    Gepubliceerd: 1-2-2025
17. 31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog

    Gepubliceerd: 31-1-2025
18. 30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death

    Gepubliceerd: 30-1-2025
19. 29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile

    Gepubliceerd: 29-1-2025
20. 28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

    Gepubliceerd: 28-1-2025