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Some 170 years after the first construction of a church on the Bosporus River, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ordered the construction of a third building on the site. Just…
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February 24 1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is Passed to the United States by British Authorities
by Vishul MalikEight days after British intelligence officers decoded a transmission between German diplomats, President of the United States Woodrow Wilson received the text of a transatlantic cable on February 24, 1917.…
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February 24 1920 – Hitler launches the twenty-five point program of the Nazi Party in Munich, Germany
by Vishul MalikOn February 24, 1920, Hitler put forward the twenty-five point program – the key agenda of the Nazi Party in Munich, Germany. In 1919, with the end of World War…
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the pioneering Impressionist painters, was born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges of the Haute-Vienne region in France. Renoir’s parents were poor but very artistic in…
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February 25 1986 – The People Power Revolution Forces President Ferdinand Marcos to Flee the Philippines
by Vishul MalikThroughout history, the removal of a crushing dictatorship has relied upon ruthless rebels and extensive bloodshed. Not so in the Philippines, where the People Power Revolution forced President Ferdinand Marcos…
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On February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay was crowned the heavyweight champion of the world. Twenty two year old Clay defeated Sonny Liston, who was the reigning heavyweight champion of the…
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Realizing he would soon be sent to an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Napoleon Bonaparte made a daring escape from his exile to Elba on February 26,…
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February 26 1971 – Secretary General of the United Nations U Thant proclaims the vernal equinox as the Earth Day
by Vishul MalikIn a move that initiated the first global Earth Day celebrations, UN Secretary-General U Thant signed a proclamation on February 26, 1971, that said, “May there be only peaceful and…
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On February 26, 1993, terrorists exploded a suspected car bomb underneath the World Trade Center in New York. The attack claimed six lives with over 1,000 people injured. The attack,…
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February 27 1870 – Japan adopts its current national flag, to designate merchant ships
by Vishul MalikThe national flag of Japan, officially known as the Nisshoki or the Sun–mark flag was adopted on February 27, 1870. At the time, however, it was meant to be the…
