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Just months after the end of World War I, the nation of Afghanistan was thrown into turmoil by the assassination of Amir Habibullah Khan on February 20, 1919. Pinned between…
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On February 20, 1986, the erstwhile Soviet Republic launched the base module of the modular space station, Mir. Later, over the next ten years, additional modules were sent to be…
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On February 20, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the space station Mir. The launch of Mir, which was the world’s biggest space station, took place around three weeks after Challenger,…
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Striking out against the burgeoning capitalist systems in Europe and North America, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published one of the world’s most-read political manuscripts on February 21, 1848. Commissioned…
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In what was described by President Richard Nixon’s own words as “the week that changed the world”, he and the First Lady Pat Nixon undertook an unprecedented historic weeklong tour…
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On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto was published in London. One of the most influential political pamphlets in history, the Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx, along with…
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On February, 22, 1371, Robert II became King of Scotland and the first Stuart king. Robert II was born in 1316 to the 6th High Steward of Scotland, Walter Stewart,…
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In the early years of the 20th century, Teddy Roosevelt, the President of the United States and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, sought to raise the military profile of…
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On February 22, 1997, scientists in Scotland announced the birth of Dolly the sheep, the world’s first successfully cloned mammal. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996, but her…
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February 23 1954 – Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine is administered for the first time
by Vishul MalikOn February 23, 1954, Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was administered to the children from the Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, USA, kicking off a trial run of mass inoculations…
