Today in History

April, 2015

  • 4 April

    April 4, Senegal declares independence from France

    1841- John Tyler becomes America’s 10th president, assumes office after the death of President William Henry Harrison who passed away from pneumonia after just a month in the White House. …

  • 2 April

    April 2, International Children’s Book Day

    1903 – France and Germany reject financing Baghdad railway. 1918 – British forces enter Palestine. 1946 – Britain convokes a special session of the UN on Palestine in preparation for …

  • 1 April

    April 1, Egyptian leader Ahmad Orabi born

    1903- Opening of the Historians International Conference in Rome. 1918- Establishing the British royal air force. 1933- The Indian air force founded. 1939- General Francisco Franco announces end of civil …

March, 2015

  • 31 March

    Mar. 31, British troops start officially to withdraw from Iraq

    1931 – A devastating earthquake hit Managua city in Nicaragua, leading to its destruction and the death of 3,000 people. 1979 – The withdrawal of the last British soldier from …

  • 30 March

    March 30, Land Day in Palestine

    1842 – American physician Crawford W. Long uses ether for the first time in surgical operations. 1907 – First airplane factory, established by Brothers Charles and Gabriel Voisin, starts production. …

  • 29 March

    March 29, American troops withdraw from Vietnam after the killing of 50,000 US soldiers

    1921 – Saad Zaghloul returns to Cairo. 1967 – France launches first nuclear submarine. 1973 – American troops withdraw from Vietnam after the killing of 50,000 US soldiers. 2002 – …

  • 28 March

    March 28th- American channel broadcasts photos of US soldiers’ abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq

    1853-The Crimean War outbreaks between Russia on the one hand and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire on the other hand. 1945- Benito Mussolini and his …

  • 27 March

    March 27, Egypt boycotted by Arabs over Camp David Accords with Israeli enemy

    1917 – The British army defeats the Turkish army in Gaza. 1933 – Japan withdraws from the League of Nations Assembly. 1973 – American actor Marlon Brando declines Best Actor …

  • 26 March

    Mar. 26, American scientist Jonas Salk discovers a vaccine against polio

    1945 – Allied forces occupy the German city of Frankfurt. 1952 – The French arrest members of the Tunisian government and expel them to southern Tunisia. 1953 – The American …

  • 25 March

    Mar. 25, Lebanese poet Nassif al-Yazigi born

    1957 – Rome Agreement for the establishment of a common European market is signed. 1969 – Demonstrations force Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan to step down. 1975 – Saudi King …

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