Japan launches its first satellite
From the Kagoshima Space Center on the east coast of Japan’s Ohsumi Peninsula, Ohsumi, Japan’s first ...View More
U.S. Navy stages daring mission during First Barbary War
During the First Barbary War, U.S. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur leads a military mission that famed Br ...View More
The Great Baltimore Fire begins
In Baltimore, Maryland, a small fire in the business district is wind-whipped into an uncontrollable ...View More
William and Mary proclaimed joint sovereigns of Britain
Following Britain’s bloodless Glorious Revolution, Mary, the daughter of the deposed king, and Willi ...View More
Exiled writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reunited with family
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn awaits reunion with his family after exile from Russia. Publication of T ...View More
Navy captain becomes the first human to perform an untethered space walk
While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce McCandless II becomes the first human being ...View More
First Medal of Honor action
The earliest military action to be awarded a Medal of Honor is performed by Colonel Bernard J.D. Irw ...View More
Polish astronomer Copernicus is born
On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Torun, a city in north-central Poland on the Vi ...View More
Children receive first polio vaccine
On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...View More
Canada adopts maple leaf flag
In accordance with a formal proclamation by Queen Elizabeth II of England, a new Canadian national f ...View More
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