February 5
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211 events recorded on February 5 throughout history
Twenty-six Christians were crucified in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597. Six Franciscan missionaries and twenty Japanese converts. Toyotomi Hideyoshi had them marched 600 miles from Kyoto with their ears cut off. He'd welcomed missionaries at first — wanted trade with Spain and Portugal. Then he realized Christianity taught loyalty to God above the shogun. The converts sang hymns as they died. Japan sealed itself off from the West for the next 250 years.
The Hermitage Museum flung its doors wide to the public in 1852, transforming a private imperial collection into a shared cultural treasure for all of Russia. This shift ended centuries of exclusive access, allowing ordinary citizens to engage directly with masterpieces from Rembrandt to Raphael and establishing a new model for public education through art.
Congress overrode President Wilson's veto to enact the Immigration Act of 1917, creating an Asiatic Barred Zone that banned entry from most of Asia and the Pacific Islands. This legislation expanded existing bans to include illiterate adults over sixteen and various groups deemed "undesirable," effectively ending decades of Chinese-only exclusion policies. The law cemented a nativist framework that strictly controlled immigrant flow by race and literacy for decades.
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The earthquake hit Pompeii seventeen years before Vesuvius buried it.
The earthquake hit Pompeii seventeen years before Vesuvius buried it. February 5, 62 AD. The forum collapsed. The Temple of Jupiter cracked open. Hundreds died in the baths when the roof came down. Survivors rebuilt. They reinforced the walls, replastered the villas, commissioned new frescoes. Some families never finished repairs — archaeologists found scaffolding still up in 79. The city was packed with construction workers and engineers when the volcano erupted. They'd spent nearly two decades making Pompeii stronger, safer, permanent. Then ash fell for eighteen hours straight.
An earthquake hit Pompeii seventeen years before Vesuvius buried it.
An earthquake hit Pompeii seventeen years before Vesuvius buried it. The tremors knocked down temples, cracked aqueducts, and collapsed the forum. Intensity IX to X on the Mercalli scale — buildings destroyed, ground cracked open, panic everywhere. The city was still rebuilding when the volcano erupted in 79 AD. Some historians think the quake was the first warning. The Romans didn't connect earthquakes to volcanoes. They rebuilt right where they were.
An Lushan declared himself Emperor of China, shattering the stability of the Tang Dynasty and launching the brutal An…
An Lushan declared himself Emperor of China, shattering the stability of the Tang Dynasty and launching the brutal An Lushan Rebellion. This violent power grab decimated the imperial population and forced the Tang court to rely on regional military governors, permanently decentralizing authority and weakening the central government’s control for the next century.
An Lushan commanded 164,000 troops — nearly half the Tang Dynasty's entire army.
An Lushan commanded 164,000 troops — nearly half the Tang Dynasty's entire army. The emperor had given him that power. Trusted him completely. An Lushan was a foreign general who'd risen through charm and military skill, becoming one of the emperor's favorites. Then in 755, he marched those troops south toward the capital. By January 756, he declared himself emperor of a new state: Yan. The rebellion would kill 36 million people — roughly one-sixth of the world's population at the time. The Tang Dynasty survived, but it never recovered its strength. China fractured. The emperor who'd trusted An Lushan fled his own capital and never saw it again.
naissance du royaume du Maroc, Idris premier roi du Maroc.
naissance du royaume du Maroc, Idris premier roi du Maroc.
en España, se produce la batalla de al-Ludjdj.
en España, se produce la batalla de al-Ludjdj.
arrestation des dirigeants de la communauté juive de Paris.
arrestation des dirigeants de la communauté juive de Paris. Philippe-Auguste exige et obtient 15 000 marcs d'argent (7 342 kg) pour leur libération.
Während der Belagerung Konstantinopels im Vierten Kreuzzug wird Alexios V. zum byzantinischen Kaiser bestimmt.
Während der Belagerung Konstantinopels im Vierten Kreuzzug wird Alexios V. zum byzantinischen Kaiser bestimmt.
Guy Foulques ascended to the papacy as Clement IV, inheriting a fractured Europe embroiled in the conflict between th…
Guy Foulques ascended to the papacy as Clement IV, inheriting a fractured Europe embroiled in the conflict between the Holy Roman Empire and the Angevin dynasty. By backing Charles of Anjou’s claim to the Kingdom of Sicily, he ended Hohenstaufen rule in Italy and shifted the political center of gravity toward French influence for decades.
en España, el Hospital de la Herredada otorga a la aldea Vega de Doña Olimpa la Carta foral.
en España, el Hospital de la Herredada otorga a la aldea Vega de Doña Olimpa la Carta foral.
les consuls de Cahors jurent de porter secours au roi de France Charles V déclarant que, « même sous la domination an…
les consuls de Cahors jurent de porter secours au roi de France Charles V déclarant que, « même sous la domination anglaise, ils n'avaient jamais cessé d'avoir le cœur français ».
François Ier se rend au Parlement de Paris pour y faire approuver le concordat ; de l'avis des prélats et de l'univer…
François Ier se rend au Parlement de Paris pour y faire approuver le concordat ; de l'avis des prélats et de l'université, ce corps élude l'enregistrement.[pas clair]
König Ferdinand I. eröffnet den Reichstag zu Augsburg, in dessen Mittelpunkt eine politische Lösung von Fragen der un…
König Ferdinand I. eröffnet den Reichstag zu Augsburg, in dessen Mittelpunkt eine politische Lösung von Fragen der unterschiedlichem Glauben anhängenden Parteien steht. Im September wird nach zähen Verhandlungen der Augsburger Reichs- und Religionsfrieden verkündet.
Henry of Navarre walked into a Catholic church in Tours and walked out Protestant again.
Henry of Navarre walked into a Catholic church in Tours and walked out Protestant again. Fourth time he'd switched religions. He'd been raised Protestant, forced Catholic after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, kept Catholic to stay alive at the French court, and now — back. The Catholic nobles holding him hostage had finally loosened their grip. He rejoined the Huguenot forces the same day. Twenty years later, he'd switch one more time to become King of France. "Paris is worth a Mass," he'd say. The man who couldn't pick a church united a country that had been tearing itself apart over exactly that question.
Twenty-six Christians were crucified in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.
Twenty-six Christians were crucified in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597. Six Franciscan missionaries and twenty Japanese converts. Toyotomi Hideyoshi had them marched 600 miles from Kyoto with their ears cut off. He'd welcomed missionaries at first — wanted trade with Spain and Portugal. Then he realized Christianity taught loyalty to God above the shogun. The converts sang hymns as they died. Japan sealed itself off from the West for the next 250 years.
Invasões holandesas no Brasil: os holandeses são repelidos pela primeira vez, no Rio de Janeiro.
Invasões holandesas no Brasil: os holandeses são repelidos pela primeira vez, no Rio de Janeiro.
paix de La Rochelle qui garantit celle de Montpellier.
paix de La Rochelle qui garantit celle de Montpellier. La Rochelle fait partie des places fortes qu'Henri IV a concédées aux protestants pour leur sécurité. Si Richelieu peut tolérer que les protestants tiennent tête à son pouvoir, il ne pourra plus, un an après, admettre le pacte qui lie La Rochelle à l'Angleterre. Cette dernière déclare la guerre à la France.
Roger Williams stepped off the ship Lyon in Boston Harbor, bringing with him radical ideas about the total separation…
Roger Williams stepped off the ship Lyon in Boston Harbor, bringing with him radical ideas about the total separation of church and state. His arrival sparked a decade of theological friction that eventually forced him to flee and establish Rhode Island, the first colony to guarantee complete religious freedom for its citizens.
Bei einer Versteigerung in Alkmaar erreicht die große Tulpenmanie in den Niederlanden ihren Höhepunkt.
Bei einer Versteigerung in Alkmaar erreicht die große Tulpenmanie in den Niederlanden ihren Höhepunkt. Wenig später kommt es zum ersten „Börsencrash“ der Geschichte. Der Handel stoppt gänzlich, die Preise fallen um über 95 %.
Das schwedisch-protestantische Heer unter Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar beginnt im Dreißigjährigen Krieg damit, die Rei…
Das schwedisch-protestantische Heer unter Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar beginnt im Dreißigjährigen Krieg damit, die Reichsstadt Rheinfelden zu belagern. In der Folge zieht die Schlacht bei Rheinfelden herauf.
Der niederländische Seefahrer Abel Tasman entdeckt die Pazifik-Insel Taveuni.
Der niederländische Seefahrer Abel Tasman entdeckt die Pazifik-Insel Taveuni. Über sie verläuft seit 1884 der 180. Längengrad.
Charles II became king of Scotland while living in exile in the Netherlands.
Charles II became king of Scotland while living in exile in the Netherlands. His father had been beheaded in London six weeks earlier. England was now a republic. Scotland said no — they'd take the son. But there was a condition: he had to sign the Covenant, swearing to make Scotland Presbyterian. Charles, who didn't care much about religion either way, signed it. He wouldn't set foot in Scotland for another year. He wouldn't actually rule England for eleven more years, after Cromwell died and the republic collapsed. The monarchy returned because nobody could agree on what came next.
séisme dans Charlevoix en Nouvelle-France.
séisme dans Charlevoix en Nouvelle-France.
la Santa Sede condena el libro Justini Febronii juris consulti de Stata Ecclesiæ et legitima potestate Romani Pontifi…
la Santa Sede condena el libro Justini Febronii juris consulti de Stata Ecclesiæ et legitima potestate Romani Pontificis líber singularis ad reuniendos dissidentes in religione christianos compositus "Sobre el Estado de la Iglesia y el poder legítimo del romano pontífice" (Bullioni apud Guillelmum Evrardi, 1763) de Julius Febronius (seudónimo de Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim), fundador del febronianismo.
Carolina del Sur se convierte en el segundo estado que ratifica los Artículos de la Confederación.
Carolina del Sur se convierte en el segundo estado que ratifica los Artículos de la Confederación.
South Carolina voted yes first, but the Articles needed all thirteen states.
South Carolina voted yes first, but the Articles needed all thirteen states. Delaware and New Jersey signed the same day. Maryland held out for three years — wouldn't ratify until Virginia gave up its western land claims. The whole thing finally took effect in 1781, mid-war. By then everyone knew it was broken. No power to tax, no way to enforce anything. The Constitution replaced it six years later. America's first government lasted less time than a sitcom.
Spanish forces captured the British garrison at Fort St. Philip, ending the British occupation of Minorca after month…
Spanish forces captured the British garrison at Fort St. Philip, ending the British occupation of Minorca after months of siege. This victory secured Spanish control over the strategic Mediterranean island for the remainder of the American Radical War, forcing the British navy to abandon a vital deep-water harbor and limiting their regional intelligence operations.
A five-week sequence began in Calabria that killed 50,000 people across southern Italy and Sicily.
A five-week sequence began in Calabria that killed 50,000 people across southern Italy and Sicily. Five major shocks, each above magnitude 6.0. The first hit on February 5. The last on March 28. Entire towns rebuilt between quakes, then destroyed again. Messina lost half its population. The ground split open in places, swallowing buildings whole. Aftershocks continued for three years. Italy had no building codes. Stone houses with heavy tile roofs — perfect for crushing people. The disaster led to Europe's first systematic seismic study. Scientists finally started measuring earthquakes instead of just describing them.
Die Vereinigung patriotischer Freunde der Kunst gründet in Böhmen eine Gemäldegalerie, aus der die Nationalgalerie Pr…
Die Vereinigung patriotischer Freunde der Kunst gründet in Böhmen eine Gemäldegalerie, aus der die Nationalgalerie Prag hervorgeht.
Der britische Ostindienfahrer Earl of Abergavenny sinkt vor Weymouth, England, nachdem er zuvor durch die Strandung a…
Der britische Ostindienfahrer Earl of Abergavenny sinkt vor Weymouth, England, nachdem er zuvor durch die Strandung auf einer Sandbank beschädigt wurde. 261 der 405 Menschen an Bord sterben, darunter der Kapitän John Wordsworth, ein Bruder des Dichters William Wordsworth.
tras apoderarse de Jaén, Córdoba, Sevilla y Granada, las tropas napoleónicas entran en Málaga al mando del general Se…
tras apoderarse de Jaén, Córdoba, Sevilla y Granada, las tropas napoleónicas entran en Málaga al mando del general Sebastiani.
The French surrounded Cádiz on February 5, 1810, and couldn't take it for two and a half years.
The French surrounded Cádiz on February 5, 1810, and couldn't take it for two and a half years. The city sat on a narrow peninsula, protected by the British Navy offshore and marshland everywhere else. Napoleon's brother Joseph ruled most of Spain by then. But Cádiz held out, and inside its walls, Spanish liberals wrote a constitution that limited royal power and guaranteed civil rights. They finished it in 1812, while French cannons fired across the bay. The siege failed. The constitution spread across Latin America and sparked revolutions that ended Spanish rule in the Americas. Napoleon won Spain but lost an empire.
fundación por Real Orden de Fernando VII de la Real Sociedad Económica Extremeña de Amigos del País de Badajoz.
fundación por Real Orden de Fernando VII de la Real Sociedad Económica Extremeña de Amigos del País de Badajoz.
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascended the thrones of Sweden and Norway as Charles XIV John, ending a chaotic succession c…
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascended the thrones of Sweden and Norway as Charles XIV John, ending a chaotic succession crisis following the Napoleonic Wars. This transition established the House of Bernadotte, which remains the Swedish royal line today, and solidified a long-standing union between the two Scandinavian nations that lasted until 1905.
le chef de l’insurrection de Janina, Ali Pacha, est assassiné après une offre de reddition refusée.
le chef de l’insurrection de Janina, Ali Pacha, est assassiné après une offre de reddition refusée. Les Ottomans s’emparent de Janina.
en la costa alemana del mar del Norte mueren ahogadas unas 800 personas debido a una marejada ciclónica.
en la costa alemana del mar del Norte mueren ahogadas unas 800 personas debido a una marejada ciclónica.
Der Tageslichtkomet, ein Mitglied der Kreutz-Gruppe, wird entdeckt.
Der Tageslichtkomet, ein Mitglied der Kreutz-Gruppe, wird entdeckt. Der Komet ist einer der Großen Kometen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
The University of Wisconsin held its first class in a borrowed girls' school.
The University of Wisconsin held its first class in a borrowed girls' school. February 5, 1849. Seventeen students, all men, sitting in the Madison Female Academy because the university had no building yet. No campus. No library. Just one professor, John Sterling, teaching everything — math, classics, rhetoric, science. The state had chartered the university three years earlier but couldn't afford to construct anything. Sterling taught for free that first semester. By year's end, two students graduated. Today it's a 43,000-student research university with an $8.5 billion endowment. It started in someone else's classroom with a professor who worked for nothing.
Hermitage Opens: Russian Art Goes Public in St. Petersburg
The Hermitage Museum flung its doors wide to the public in 1852, transforming a private imperial collection into a shared cultural treasure for all of Russia. This shift ended centuries of exclusive access, allowing ordinary citizens to engage directly with masterpieces from Rembrandt to Raphael and establishing a new model for public education through art.
en Nicaragua, el director del Estado, Fulgencio Vega, que desempeña interinamente el cargo, decreta el traslado del g…
en Nicaragua, el director del Estado, Fulgencio Vega, que desempeña interinamente el cargo, decreta el traslado del gobierno desde la ciudad de Granada a la ciudad de Managua elevando a esta última al rango de capital de la nación, traslado que se hará efectivo cuatro días después.
Alexander John Cuza became ruler of both Wallachia and Moldavia on January 24, 1859.
Alexander John Cuza became ruler of both Wallachia and Moldavia on January 24, 1859. Two separate assemblies, meeting in two separate capitals, elected the same man on purpose. The Ottomans had forbidden unification. So the Romanians didn't unite the territories. They just happened to pick the same prince for both. Constantinople couldn't argue with two legal elections. Within seven years, Cuza merged the administrations, created a single capital at Bucharest, and abolished feudalism. The Ottomans watched their empire shrink by technicality. Romania exists because of the best loophole in diplomatic history.
Am Pariser Théâtre des Variétés wird Jacques Offenbachs Operette Blaubart uraufgeführt.
Am Pariser Théâtre des Variétés wird Jacques Offenbachs Operette Blaubart uraufgeführt. Das Libretto stammt von Henri Meilhac und Ludovic Halévy.
Two miners were walking to work in Moliagul, Victoria.
Two miners were walking to work in Moliagul, Victoria. Their cart wheel hit something. They dug it up with their hands. 72 kilograms of gold. Pure alluvial gold, shaped like a flattened potato, too big for the town's scales. They had to break it into three pieces just to weigh it. Worth about $10 million today, but they sold it immediately to the Bank of Victoria. The bank melted it down within days. No photographs exist. The second-largest nugget ever found, the "Welcome," came from the same area two years earlier. After the Welcome Stranger, prospectors tore apart every creek bed in Victoria. Nobody found anything close.
on découvre Welcome Stranger à Victoria (Australie), la plus grosse pépite d'or jamais trouvée (65,2 kg).
on découvre Welcome Stranger à Victoria (Australie), la plus grosse pépite d'or jamais trouvée (65,2 kg).
le pape Pie IX condamne à Rome les lois et le Kulturkampf du chancelier Otto von Bismarck qu'il considère comme nuls …
le pape Pie IX condamne à Rome les lois et le Kulturkampf du chancelier Otto von Bismarck qu'il considère comme nuls (dans son encyclique Quod numquam). Bismarck fait voter l'abolition de toutes les congrégations en réaction le 31 mai.
tuvo lugar la Acción de Abadiano, última gran batalla con victoria alfonsina antes del fin de la Tercera Guerra Carlista.
tuvo lugar la Acción de Abadiano, última gran batalla con victoria alfonsina antes del fin de la Tercera Guerra Carlista.
en Madrid, con la colocación de la primera piedra de la Cárcel Modelo se inicia la reforma penal en España.
en Madrid, con la colocación de la primera piedra de la Cárcel Modelo se inicia la reforma penal en España.
en Chile se firma la ley que habilita a las mujeres a obtener grados universitarios.
en Chile se firma la ley que habilita a las mujeres a obtener grados universitarios.
Die russische marxistische Revolutionärin Wera Iwanowna Sassulitsch schießt wegen der Misshandlung eines politischen …
Die russische marxistische Revolutionärin Wera Iwanowna Sassulitsch schießt wegen der Misshandlung eines politischen Gefangenen auf General Fjodor Fjodorowitsch Trepow und verletzt ihn schwer. Sie wird wegen dieser Tat später freigesprochen.
Der englische Fußballverein Derby County wird als Ableger des Derbyshire County Cricket Club gegründet.
Der englische Fußballverein Derby County wird als Ableger des Derbyshire County Cricket Club gegründet.
Leopold didn't colonize the Congo for Belgium.
Leopold didn't colonize the Congo for Belgium. He owned it himself. The entire territory — 905,000 square miles, 76 times the size of Belgium — was his private property. He convinced other European powers this was a humanitarian mission to end slavery. Instead he ran it like a rubber plantation. His agents cut off workers' hands to enforce quotas. An estimated 10 million Congolese died under his rule. He never visited once. In 1908, international outrage forced him to sell it to Belgium. He kept the profits.
en Milán (Italia), se estrena la opera Otello de Giuseppe Verdi.
en Milán (Italia), se estrena la opera Otello de Giuseppe Verdi.
en Zalamea la Real (provincia de Huelva, España) se produce un enfrentamiento entre manifestantes anarquistas y la Gu…
en Zalamea la Real (provincia de Huelva, España) se produce un enfrentamiento entre manifestantes anarquistas y la Guardia Civil con el balance de más de veinte muertos.
In der zweitägigen Schlacht um Manila während des Philippinisch-Amerikanischen Krieges behalten die Amerikaner die Ob…
In der zweitägigen Schlacht um Manila während des Philippinisch-Amerikanischen Krieges behalten die Amerikaner die Oberhand, während sich die einheimischen Truppen ins Hinterland zurückziehen müssen.
US and Britain Sign Panama Canal Treaty
The United States and Britain signed the first Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, granting America the right to build and operate a canal across Central America while requiring it to remain unfortified and open to all nations. The agreement superseded the fifty-year-old Clayton-Bulwer Treaty that had blocked unilateral American construction. A revised version the following year removed the neutralization clause, clearing the final diplomatic obstacle to building the Panama Canal.
J. P. Morgan paid $480 million for Andrew Carnegie's steel company.
J. P. Morgan paid $480 million for Andrew Carnegie's steel company. Carnegie wanted the check made out to him personally. Morgan handed him the largest personal check ever written. Carnegie later said he should have asked for $100 million more. Morgan probably would have paid it. The deal created U.S. Steel — the first billion-dollar corporation in history. It controlled 67% of American steel production. One company. Two-thirds of the market. Carnegie retired at 65 and spent the rest of his life giving the money away. He built 2,509 libraries. Morgan kept building. What Carnegie saw as an exit, Morgan saw as a beginning.
réduction à 9 heures de la journée de travail pour les mineurs.[réf.
réduction à 9 heures de la journée de travail pour les mineurs.[réf. souhaitée]
Im Tal der Könige wird mit KV46 das Felsengrab eines altägyptischen Beamtenehepaars der 18.
Im Tal der Könige wird mit KV46 das Felsengrab eines altägyptischen Beamtenehepaars der 18. Dynastie gefunden.
The General Hospital of Mexico opened with 250 beds and four departments: surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, gyn…
The General Hospital of Mexico opened with 250 beds and four departments: surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, gynecology. That was it. No emergency room. No cardiology. No oncology. Mexico City had two million people. The hospital served them all. Within a decade, it was performing 12,000 surgeries annually with the same four departments. They added specialties only when doctors returned from training abroad and demanded space. By 1950, it had 28 departments. Growth by necessity, not design.
Baekeland was trying to make a better shellac.
Baekeland was trying to make a better shellac. Shellac came from beetles — literally, the secretions of lac bugs in India. It took 15,000 beetles six months to make a pound of it. He mixed phenol and formaldehyde instead, expecting a sticky mess. What he got wouldn't melt, wouldn't dissolve, and could be molded into any shape. He called it Bakelite. Within five years it was in telephones, radios, jewelry, engine parts. The first material that didn't exist in nature. Everything plastic in your house traces back to a chemist who was just tired of waiting on beetles.
Baekeland mixed formaldehyde and phenol under heat and pressure, expecting another failed experiment.
Baekeland mixed formaldehyde and phenol under heat and pressure, expecting another failed experiment. Instead he got a material that wouldn't burn, melt, or dissolve in any common solvent. He called it Bakelite. Within two years it was in telephones, radios, electrical insulators, jewelry, kitchenware, engine parts. The first fully synthetic plastic — meaning it didn't exist anywhere in nature until a chemist in Yonkers made it in 1907. He announced it publicly in 1909. Everything plastic you've ever touched descends from that batch. We now produce 400 million tons of plastic annually. Baekeland thought he'd invented a better insulator for wires.
Two Greek pilots took off from Crete in a seaplane nobody trusted.
Two Greek pilots took off from Crete in a seaplane nobody trusted. Their mission: find the Turkish fleet. Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis flew a Farman hydroplane four hours over open water. They spotted the Ottoman ships near the Dardanelles and sketched their positions by hand. Naval commanders had argued for months whether aircraft could do reconnaissance. The Greeks proved it in one flight. Every navy started buying seaplanes within a year.
Audiences in 1913 finally heard Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea on stage for the first time in over tw…
Audiences in 1913 finally heard Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea on stage for the first time in over two centuries. This revival rescued a masterpiece from obscurity, reintroducing the world to the birth of modern opera and proving that 17th-century Venetian musical drama could still command a contemporary theater.
se celebra por primera vez el cabaret internacional creado por el movimiento dadaísta.
se celebra por primera vez el cabaret internacional creado por el movimiento dadaísta.
Congress overrode Wilson's veto and passed the Immigration Act of 1917.
Congress overrode Wilson's veto and passed the Immigration Act of 1917. It banned anyone from most of Asia. It required a literacy test in any language. It excluded "idiots," "imbeciles," alcoholics, polygamists, and anarchists. The list went on for pages. Wilson had vetoed it twice. Congress didn't care. The law stayed in force until 1952. At its peak, it kept out roughly 90 percent of people from India, China, Japan, and the Middle East. America called itself a nation of immigrants while systematically deciding which immigrants counted.
Immigration Act of 1917: Nativism Bans Asian Entry
Congress overrode President Wilson's veto to enact the Immigration Act of 1917, creating an Asiatic Barred Zone that banned entry from most of Asia and the Pacific Islands. This legislation expanded existing bans to include illiterate adults over sixteen and various groups deemed "undesirable," effectively ending decades of Chinese-only exclusion policies. The law cemented a nativist framework that strictly controlled immigrant flow by race and literacy for decades.
Mexico Adopts Revolutionary Constitution: Social Rights Enshrined
Mexico adopted its current constitution, one of the first in the world to enshrine social rights including land reform, labor protections, and public education. Born from the Mexican Revolution's bloodshed, the document established a federal republic with separated powers and gave the state authority to redistribute land — a radical framework that shaped Latin American governance for decades.
Lieutenant Stephen W. Thompson downed a German Albatros scout plane over France, securing the first official aerial v…
Lieutenant Stephen W. Thompson downed a German Albatros scout plane over France, securing the first official aerial victory for the United States military. This engagement proved that American pilots could hold their own in the skies of the Great War, validating the rapid expansion of the U.S. Air Service during the conflict.
se estrena en Madrid la zarzuela El niño judío, con letra de Antonio Paso y Enrique García Álvarez y música de Pablo …
se estrena en Madrid la zarzuela El niño judío, con letra de Antonio Paso y Enrique García Álvarez y música de Pablo Luna.
The SS Tuscania went down with 2,397 American soldiers aboard.
The SS Tuscania went down with 2,397 American soldiers aboard. Most survived — rescued by British destroyers in freezing water. But 230 didn't. They'd been on the ship less than two weeks, heading to fight in France. None of them made it to the trenches. It was February 1918. Germany's U-boat campaign had been sinking Allied ships for years, but this was different: these were Americans, and now it was personal.
United Artists Born: Hollywood's Creative Revolution
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launched United Artists to seize creative control from the rigid studio system. This bold move established a distribution model where artists owned their films, fundamentally shifting power dynamics in Hollywood and enabling independent production for decades.
en el Teatro Nacional de la Ópera de París se estrena El canto del ruiseñor, de Ígor Stravinski.
en el Teatro Nacional de la Ópera de París se estrena El canto del ruiseñor, de Ígor Stravinski.
In den USA erscheint die Erstausgabe der Zeitschrift Reader’s Digest.
In den USA erscheint die Erstausgabe der Zeitschrift Reader’s Digest.
en Italia, Benito Mussolini ordena la detención de centenares de militantes socialistas.
en Italia, Benito Mussolini ordena la detención de centenares de militantes socialistas.
un record de température, pour la province de Québec, est établi dans la région de l'Abitibi (au nord ouest de la pro…
un record de température, pour la province de Québec, est établi dans la région de l'Abitibi (au nord ouest de la province) avec -54 degrés Celsius.
fin des Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver à Chamonix.
fin des Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver à Chamonix.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the six-pip time signal over the BBC, providing the British public…
The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the six-pip time signal over the BBC, providing the British public with a standardized, audible reference for precise timekeeping. This synchronization allowed for the first time-based coordination of national infrastructure, from railway schedules to maritime navigation, ending the era of localized, inconsistent time across the United Kingdom.
Buster Keatons epische Stummfilmkomödie The General (Der General) wird in den USA landesweit veröffentlicht.
Buster Keatons epische Stummfilmkomödie The General (Der General) wird in den USA landesweit veröffentlicht. Die längste und teuerste Buster-Keaton-Produktion erhält überwiegend negative Kritiken und bringt das Ende für Keatons künstlerische Unabhängigkeit.
la Conferencia de los Embajadores en París acepta que Alemania fortifique sus fronteras del sur y este, siempre que s…
la Conferencia de los Embajadores en París acepta que Alemania fortifique sus fronteras del sur y este, siempre que su desarme sea efectivo.
en México se perpetra un atentado contra el presidente Pascual Ortiz Rubio.
en México se perpetra un atentado contra el presidente Pascual Ortiz Rubio.
se concede el Premio Nacional de Literatura a Mauricio Bacarisse.
se concede el Premio Nacional de Literatura a Mauricio Bacarisse.
The crew of the De Zeven Provinciën refused orders on February 4, 1933.
The crew of the De Zeven Provinciën refused orders on February 4, 1933. They'd heard the Dutch government was cutting their wages by 10 percent. They were already paid less than sailors back home. They barricaded themselves below deck and demanded the cuts be reversed. The Dutch sent three other warships and bombers. They gave the mutineers 24 hours. When that expired, they opened fire. Twenty-three sailors died. The rest surrendered. The government cut their wages anyway. And Indonesia, watching colonial troops bomb their own men to protect a budget line, took notes. Eight years later, Japan invaded. Twelve years later, Indonesia declared independence.
se constituye una compañía para explotar la pizarra bituminosa en la serranía de Ronda (Málaga).
se constituye una compañía para explotar la pizarra bituminosa en la serranía de Ronda (Málaga).
Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked Congress by proposing the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, a transparent attempt to pac…
Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked Congress by proposing the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, a transparent attempt to pack the Supreme Court with justices sympathetic to his New Deal programs. The plan backfired spectacularly, alienating his own party and stalling his legislative agenda for years as the public recoiled at his blatant power grab.
Die von Adolf Hitler geführte Reichsregierung kommt letztmals zu einer Kabinettssitzung zusammen.
Die von Adolf Hitler geführte Reichsregierung kommt letztmals zu einer Kabinettssitzung zusammen.
el presidente de la Generalidad, Lluis Companys, y el presidente de la gobierno autónomo vasco, José Antonio Aguirre,…
el presidente de la Generalidad, Lluis Companys, y el presidente de la gobierno autónomo vasco, José Antonio Aguirre, cruzan la frontera francesa en dirección al exilio.
Franco seized absolute power on April 1, 1939, after three years of civil war that killed half a million Spaniards.
Franco seized absolute power on April 1, 1939, after three years of civil war that killed half a million Spaniards. He didn't win through popular support—he won because Hitler and Mussolini sent him planes, tanks, and 100,000 troops while the democracies stayed neutral. His first act as Caudillo: mass executions. At least 50,000 political prisoners shot in the first five years. He built concentration camps. He banned every language except Castilian Spanish. He stayed in power for 36 years, dying in bed in 1975. Spain was the last fascist dictatorship in Western Europe to fall, and it didn't fall—it just waited for him to die of old age.
en la India, Mahatma Gandhi se reúne con el virrey británico.
en la India, Mahatma Gandhi se reúne con el virrey británico.
découverte à Tanis, par le Pr Montet, du caveau original du pharaon Amenemopet de la XXIe dynastie (ce tombeau se rév…
découverte à Tanis, par le Pr Montet, du caveau original du pharaon Amenemopet de la XXIe dynastie (ce tombeau se révéla vide mais le corps du roi sera trouvé deux mois plus tard intact dans une autre tombe).
British and Indian troops launched a grueling offensive against Italian positions at Keren, Eritrea, aiming to break …
British and Indian troops launched a grueling offensive against Italian positions at Keren, Eritrea, aiming to break the fascist grip on East Africa. This seven-week struggle shattered the Italian defensive line, forcing a total collapse of their colonial empire in the region and securing vital Allied control over the Red Sea supply routes.
General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines as American troops liberated Manila from…
General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines as American troops liberated Manila from Japanese occupation. This victory ended three years of brutal military rule and allowed the United States to reclaim a vital strategic base for the final push toward the Japanese home islands.
The Chondoist Chongu Party launched in North Korea as the country's third-largest political party.
The Chondoist Chongu Party launched in North Korea as the country's third-largest political party. It still exists today — one of only two non-communist parties allowed in the DPRK. Chondoism blends Korean shamanism, Buddhism, and Confucianism into a nationalist religion that peaked at three million followers in the 1920s. The party holds a guaranteed 22 seats in the Supreme People's Assembly. They vote exactly how the Workers' Party tells them to. North Korea calls this "multi-party democracy.
en la Ciudad de México es inaugurada la Monumental Plaza de toros México, proyecto del empresario yucateco de origen …
en la Ciudad de México es inaugurada la Monumental Plaza de toros México, proyecto del empresario yucateco de origen libanés Neguib Simón.
en el Teatro Poliorama de Barcelona actúan Lola Flores y Manolo Caracol.
en el Teatro Poliorama de Barcelona actúan Lola Flores y Manolo Caracol.
en Polonia el Parlamento elige presidente de la República a Bolesław Bierut quien, hasta entonces, había desempeñado …
en Polonia el Parlamento elige presidente de la República a Bolesław Bierut quien, hasta entonces, había desempeñado el cargo de forma provisional.
Alberto Larraguibel y su caballo Huaso baten el récord mundial de salto alto a caballo, superando los 2,47 metros.
Alberto Larraguibel y su caballo Huaso baten el récord mundial de salto alto a caballo, superando los 2,47 metros.
inauguration du port d'Abidjan en Côte d'Ivoire.
inauguration du port d'Abidjan en Côte d'Ivoire.
en México, un violento terremoto deja seriamente afectada la región meridional del país: Tila, Yajalón y Chilón.
en México, un violento terremoto deja seriamente afectada la región meridional del país: Tila, Yajalón y Chilón.
Disney's *Peter Pan* premiered after he'd been trying to make it for 16 years.
Disney's *Peter Pan* premiered after he'd been trying to make it for 16 years. He first bought the rights in 1939. World War II killed the project. When he finally released it in 1953, it cost $4 million — more than any animated film he'd made. Critics hated it. Called it cold, mechanical, too slick. Kids didn't care. It made $87 million. Disney never got another review that bad for an animated film.
sortie aux États-Unis du long-métrage d'animation « Peter Pan » de Walt Disney.
sortie aux États-Unis du long-métrage d'animation « Peter Pan » de Walt Disney.
el Viet Minh cerca Dien Bien Phu.
el Viet Minh cerca Dien Bien Phu.
après quinze années d'inactivité, Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971) rouvre sa maison de couture à l'âge de soixante et onz…
après quinze années d'inactivité, Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971) rouvre sa maison de couture à l'âge de soixante et onze ans.
cae el gobierno francés de Pierre Mendès France debido a la situación en el norte de África.
cae el gobierno francés de Pierre Mendès France debido a la situación en el norte de África.
Der Süddeutsche Rundfunk nimmt den Stuttgarter Fernsehturm in Betrieb, den ersten Stahlbetonturm seiner Art.
Der Süddeutsche Rundfunk nimmt den Stuttgarter Fernsehturm in Betrieb, den ersten Stahlbetonturm seiner Art.
Die VII.
Die VII. Olympischen Winterspiele, bei denen Toni Sailer mit drei Goldmedaillen erfolgreichster Athlet gewesen ist, enden. Am Abschlusstag gewinnt Harry Glaß mit Bronze im Skispringen als erster Deutscher eine olympische Medaille im nordischen Skisport und die erste Olympiamedaille der DDR.
In Sonthofen wird die Sportschule der Bundeswehr eröffnet.
In Sonthofen wird die Sportschule der Bundeswehr eröffnet.
Pyongyang propose un retrait de toutes les forces étrangères de la Corée du Nord et de la Corée du Sud.
Pyongyang propose un retrait de toutes les forces étrangères de la Corée du Nord et de la Corée du Sud.
A B-47 bomber collided with an F-86 fighter jet during a training exercise off the Georgia coast.
A B-47 bomber collided with an F-86 fighter jet during a training exercise off the Georgia coast. The bomber was carrying a Mark 15 hydrogen bomb — 3.8 megatons, roughly 200 times more powerful than Hiroshima. The pilot couldn't land safely with it attached. He dropped it in the water near Tybee Island and flew home. The Air Force searched for ten weeks. They found nothing. The bomb is still there, somewhere in Wassaw Sound. The Navy says it's probably buried in silt. The Air Force says the plutonium capsule might not have been installed. Might not. They're not sure. Savannah is twelve miles away.
Nasser became president of a country that didn't exist three weeks earlier.
Nasser became president of a country that didn't exist three weeks earlier. Egypt and Syria merged into the United Arab Republic on February 1, 1958. One government, one flag, one leader. Syria's parliament voted itself out of existence to make it happen. They were desperate—surrounded by hostile neighbors, watching coups topple governments across the region. Better to dissolve into Nasser's Egypt than risk another military takeover. The union lasted three years. Syria pulled out in 1961 after realizing Cairo made every decision. Egypt kept the name "United Arab Republic" until 1971, long after there was nothing united about it.
frente a la desembocadura del río Savannah (estado de Georgia), durante un ejercicio de práctica a las 2:00 de la mañ…
frente a la desembocadura del río Savannah (estado de Georgia), durante un ejercicio de práctica a las 2:00 de la mañana, un bombardero B-47 que cargaba con una bomba de hidrógeno Mark 15 de 3500 kg rozó en el aire a un avión de combate F-86. Para proteger a la tripulación de una posible explosión, la bomba nuclear fue tirada a las superficiales aguas ―donde creían que se podría recuperar fácilmente― a pocos kilómetros de la localidad de Tybee Island (Estados Unidos). Nunca se logró recuperar.
en Meyrin, cerca de Ginebra, se inaugura el mayor acelerador de partículas mundial, un sincrotrón de 25 GeV de potenc…
en Meyrin, cerca de Ginebra, se inaugura el mayor acelerador de partículas mundial, un sincrotrón de 25 GeV de potencia, construido por el CERN.
In London wird die britische Wochenzeitung The Sunday Telegraph gegründet.
In London wird die britische Wochenzeitung The Sunday Telegraph gegründet.
Charles de Gaulle broke with his own political base by publicly endorsing Algerian self-determination, signaling the …
Charles de Gaulle broke with his own political base by publicly endorsing Algerian self-determination, signaling the end of the brutal eight-year war. This declaration forced the French military and colonial settlers to accept the inevitable collapse of their North African empire, accelerating the transition to the 1962 Evian Accords and full Algerian sovereignty.
A Dutch trucking company refused to pay a tariff increase.
A Dutch trucking company refused to pay a tariff increase. They sued, claiming a European treaty gave them rights their own government couldn't override. The European Court agreed. Citizens could now invoke European law directly in national courts — even against their own countries. Member states hadn't agreed to this. The treaty said nothing about it. Six judges created it from scratch. They turned a trade agreement into something closer to a constitution. National sovereignty was suddenly negotiable.
en los Estados Unidos, Martin Luther King es liberado cuatro días después de su arresto en Selma (Alabama) junto con …
en los Estados Unidos, Martin Luther King es liberado cuatro días después de su arresto en Selma (Alabama) junto con quinientos manifestantes antisegregacionistas.
Estados Unidos confirma la venta de carros de combate del tipo Patton a Israel.
Estados Unidos confirma la venta de carros de combate del tipo Patton a Israel.
The Shanghai People's Commune lasted seventeen days.
The Shanghai People's Commune lasted seventeen days. Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan declared it on February 5, 1967 — Shanghai's government overthrown, workers in charge, Paris Commune reborn in China. Mao himself shut it down. If Shanghai was a commune, he said, what did that make China? A federation of communes? Then what happens to the Communist Party? The name changed to "Shanghai Radical Committee." Same leaders. Same chaos. But the word "commune" disappeared. Mao's Cultural Revolution could destroy everything except the structure that gave him power.
Vicco von Bülow führt durch die erste Folge der ARD-Fernsehserie Cartoon, in der er auch als Loriot zeichnerisch Beit…
Vicco von Bülow führt durch die erste Folge der ARD-Fernsehserie Cartoon, in der er auch als Loriot zeichnerisch Beiträge einbringt.
The Marines at Khe Sanh knew something was coming when 40,000 North Vietnamese troops surrounded their base.
The Marines at Khe Sanh knew something was coming when 40,000 North Vietnamese troops surrounded their base. They weren't wrong. The siege lasted 77 days. B-52s dropped more bombs on the surrounding hills than the U.S. had used in the entire Pacific theater during World War II. Five tons of explosives per enemy soldier. The Marines held. But while the world watched Khe Sanh, 70,000 Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive across South Vietnam. Khe Sanh was the decoy.
en la cueva de Altamira (España) se aplica un nuevo sistema protector a las pinturas prehistóricas, que estaban degra…
en la cueva de Altamira (España) se aplica un nuevo sistema protector a las pinturas prehistóricas, que estaban degradándose a causa de la luz artificial.
Yasser Arafat est élu à la tête de l'Organisation de libération de la Palestine.
Yasser Arafat est élu à la tête de l'Organisation de libération de la Palestine.
Alan Shepard smuggled a six-iron head onto Apollo 14.
Alan Shepard smuggled a six-iron head onto Apollo 14. He'd practiced one-handed swings in his spacesuit for months. On February 5, 1971, he attached it to a sample collection tool and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. The first shot shanked into a crater. The second went, as he said, "miles and miles and miles" — actually about 200 yards in one-sixth gravity. NASA didn't know until he did it live. The club's still up there.
los astronautas estadounidenses Alan Bartlett Shepard y Edgar D. Mitchell se posan en la Luna con el módulo de descen…
los astronautas estadounidenses Alan Bartlett Shepard y Edgar D. Mitchell se posan en la Luna con el módulo de descenso Antares y recorren andando el cráter Fra Mauro. Fue la sexta misión tripulada hacia la Luna y la tercera en alunizar.
en Guipúzcoa (España) se levanta el estado de excepción.
en Guipúzcoa (España) se levanta el estado de excepción.
en Vitoria, 3500 trabajadores en huelga provocan el cierre de la fábrica de neumáticos Michelin.
en Vitoria, 3500 trabajadores en huelga provocan el cierre de la fábrica de neumáticos Michelin.
Bob Douglas shattered the Basketball Hall of Fame’s color barrier in 1972, becoming the first African American inductee.
Bob Douglas shattered the Basketball Hall of Fame’s color barrier in 1972, becoming the first African American inductee. As the founder and coach of the New York Renaissance, he built the most dominant professional team of the 1920s and 30s, proving that Black athletes could consistently outperform the best white squads in the country.
après un voyage de trois mois, le navire spatial Mariner 10 s'approche à moins de 5 800 kilomètres de Vénus et commen…
après un voyage de trois mois, le navire spatial Mariner 10 s'approche à moins de 5 800 kilomètres de Vénus et commence à relayer vers la Terre les premières photos en gros plan de la planète.
Lima dissolved into chaos when police officers abandoned their posts, triggering widespread looting and arson across …
Lima dissolved into chaos when police officers abandoned their posts, triggering widespread looting and arson across the capital. The military government responded with tanks and heavy artillery to crush the uprising, resulting in nearly 100 deaths. This brutal crackdown silenced domestic opposition for years, cementing the regime's iron grip on Peruvian civil life.
Die Vereinigten Staaten reagieren auf die türkische Besetzung des Nordteils von Zypern im Jahr zuvor mit einem Waffen…
Die Vereinigten Staaten reagieren auf die türkische Besetzung des Nordteils von Zypern im Jahr zuvor mit einem Waffenembargo gegen die Türkei.
Franz Klammer gewinnt olympisches Abfahrtsgold in Innsbruck und wird zur österreichischen Sportlegende.
Franz Klammer gewinnt olympisches Abfahrtsgold in Innsbruck und wird zur österreichischen Sportlegende.
A soldier at Fort Dix collapsed during a night march and died hours later.
A soldier at Fort Dix collapsed during a night march and died hours later. Swine flu — a strain that looked like the 1918 pandemic virus. The CDC tested 500 other soldiers. Thirteen had it. President Ford announced a national vaccination program: immunize every American before winter. They manufactured 40 million doses in six months. One person died from swine flu. Twenty-five died from the vaccine itself. Hundreds developed Guillain-Barré syndrome. The program stopped in December. The predicted pandemic never came. It remains the textbook case for what happens when public health moves faster than the science.
le Colonel Denis Sassou-Nguesso est élu à la tête du Parti Congolais du Travail (Parti unique) et devient de fait le …
le Colonel Denis Sassou-Nguesso est élu à la tête du Parti Congolais du Travail (Parti unique) et devient de fait le Cinquième Président de la République Populaire du Congo (de nos jours République du Congo ou Congo-Brazzaville).
en Grenoble, el físico alemán Klaus von Klitzing descubre el llamado efecto Hall.
en Grenoble, el físico alemán Klaus von Klitzing descubre el llamado efecto Hall.
The Toronto bathhouse raids arrested 286 men in a single night.
The Toronto bathhouse raids arrested 286 men in a single night. Police used crowbars and sledgehammers. They photographed everyone's face. Published their names in newspapers. Most lost their jobs within days. The next night, 3,000 people marched on police headquarters — the largest protest in Toronto since the Vietnam War. Within a decade, Toronto had elected Canada's first openly gay city councilor. The raids meant to silence a community created one instead.
Der deutsche Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt (SPD) gewinnt die von ihm wegen Differenzen mit dem Koalitionspartner FDP ü…
Der deutsche Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt (SPD) gewinnt die von ihm wegen Differenzen mit dem Koalitionspartner FDP über den Bundeshaushalt 1982 gestellte Vertrauensfrage mit 269 zu 224 Stimmen.
Die britische Billigfluggesellschaft Laker Airways stellt ihren Flugbetrieb ein.
Die britische Billigfluggesellschaft Laker Airways stellt ihren Flugbetrieb ein.
en España, el duque Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre sufre un grave accidente automovilístico, en el que perece su hijo …
en España, el duque Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre sufre un grave accidente automovilístico, en el que perece su hijo mayor, Francisco.
en Cádiz (España), el gobernador civil abre la verja de Gibraltar para el tránsito de personas, vehículos y mercancía…
en Cádiz (España), el gobernador civil abre la verja de Gibraltar para el tránsito de personas, vehículos y mercancías, en aplicación del acuerdo firmado por España y Reino Unido en noviembre de 1984.
Rome and Carthage signed a peace treaty in 1985.
Rome and Carthage signed a peace treaty in 1985. The war had ended in 146 BC. Carthage was destroyed — razed, burned, its survivors sold into slavery, salt supposedly sown into the earth. But nobody signed a treaty. Rome's mayor Ugo Vetere and Carthage's mayor Chedli Klibi met in Tunis to fix that. They called it ending the Third Punic War after 2,131 years. Technically correct. Also completely symbolic — Carthage had been a pile of ruins for two millennia. But the gesture mattered. Tunisia was reclaiming its pre-Roman identity. Rome was acknowledging what it had erased. Sometimes closure arrives twenty-one centuries late.
la Unión Soviética lanza la astronave Soyuz TM-2 con dos cosmonautas a bordo, cuyo objetivo es poner en marcha una es…
la Unión Soviética lanza la astronave Soyuz TM-2 con dos cosmonautas a bordo, cuyo objetivo es poner en marcha una estación espacial permanente.
Zugunsten der Wohltätigkeitsorganisation Comic Relief wird in Großbritannien erstmals der Red Nose Day abgehalten.
Zugunsten der Wohltätigkeitsorganisation Comic Relief wird in Großbritannien erstmals der Red Nose Day abgehalten. Beim britischen Sender BBC findet eine mehrstündige Fernsehshow statt, bei der Prominente die Bevölkerung um Spenden bitten.
Noriega Indicted: The Fall of Panama's Dictator
Manuel Noriega faces indictment for drug smuggling and money laundering, setting the stage for a US invasion that topples his regime. This legal blow dismantled his grip on Panama and ended decades of his authoritarian rule through military force.
el Tribunal Supremo soviético reivindica la memoria de Nikolái Bujarin y Alekséi Rýkov, ejecutados por orden de Stali…
el Tribunal Supremo soviético reivindica la memoria de Nikolái Bujarin y Alekséi Rýkov, ejecutados por orden de Stalin en 1938.
Als Joint Venture zwischen der EBU und Sky Television beginnt Eurosport sein in erster Linie auf Sportereignisse spez…
Als Joint Venture zwischen der EBU und Sky Television beginnt Eurosport sein in erster Linie auf Sportereignisse spezialisiertes Fernsehprogramm.
Rodion Gatauline bat le record du monde en salle de saut à la perche, avec un saut de 6,02 m.
Rodion Gatauline bat le record du monde en salle de saut à la perche, avec un saut de 6,02 m.
Über den Fernsehsatelliten Astra 1A wird erstmals in Europa ein reines Nachrichtenprogramm, das englischsprachige Sky…
Über den Fernsehsatelliten Astra 1A wird erstmals in Europa ein reines Nachrichtenprogramm, das englischsprachige Sky News, ausgestrahlt. Die betreibende Firma gehört zum Medienkonzern von Rupert Murdoch.
en Galicia, Manuel Fraga Iribarne jura su cargo como nuevo presidente de la Junta de Galicia.
en Galicia, Manuel Fraga Iribarne jura su cargo como nuevo presidente de la Junta de Galicia.
Die Parteien Christlich-Demokratische Union (CDU-Ost), Deutsche Soziale Union (DSU) und Demokratischer Aufbruch (DA) …
Die Parteien Christlich-Demokratische Union (CDU-Ost), Deutsche Soziale Union (DSU) und Demokratischer Aufbruch (DA) bilden für die Volkskammerwahl 1990 in der DDR ein Wahlbündnis, die Allianz für Deutschland. Am gleichen Tag werden acht Mitglieder des Zentralen Runden Tisches, darunter Wolfgang Ullmann, Rainer Eppelmann, Matthias Platzeck und Tatjana Böhm, von Hans Modrow in die Regierung aufgenommen.
los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica dan como ganador al socialcristiano Rafael Ángel Calder…
los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica dan como ganador al socialcristiano Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier.
en Colombia se instala la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, estamento cuyo objetivo era dar forma a la Constitución po…
en Colombia se instala la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, estamento cuyo objetivo era dar forma a la Constitución política de Colombia.
In seinem Bahai-Beschluss fällt das deutsche Bundesverfassungsgericht wesentliche Entscheidungen zum Verhältnis von R…
In seinem Bahai-Beschluss fällt das deutsche Bundesverfassungsgericht wesentliche Entscheidungen zum Verhältnis von Religionsfreiheit und Vereinsrecht.
selon un sondage réalisé pour le compte d'un fabricant de rouge à lèvres, le baiser de Rhett Butler et Scarlett O'Har…
selon un sondage réalisé pour le compte d'un fabricant de rouge à lèvres, le baiser de Rhett Butler et Scarlett O'Hara dans Gone With The Wind (Autant en emporte le vent) est le plus mémorable de l'histoire du cinéma. Derrière Clark Gable et Vivien Leigh viennent Deborah Kerr et Burt Lancaster dans Tant qu’il y aura des hommes (From here to eternity), puis Ingrid Bergman et Humphrey Bogart dans Casablanca.
François Léotard est reconnu coupable d'ingérence et de corruption lors de l'acquisition de son domicile.
François Léotard est reconnu coupable d'ingérence et de corruption lors de l'acquisition de son domicile. Il est gracié par la prescription.
la commission d'instruction de la Haute cour de justice française juge que les faits reprochés aux trois anciens mini…
la commission d'instruction de la Haute cour de justice française juge que les faits reprochés aux trois anciens ministres Laurent Fabius, Edmond Hervé et Georgina Dufoix dans l'affaire du sang contaminé sont prescrits.
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor journaliste vedette de TF1 est inculpé de recel d'abus de biens sociaux dans l'affaire Pierre …
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor journaliste vedette de TF1 est inculpé de recel d'abus de biens sociaux dans l'affaire Pierre Botton (le beau-fils de Michel Noir, maire de Lyon).
A single mortar shell slammed into the crowded Markale marketplace in Sarajevo, killing 68 civilians and wounding nea…
A single mortar shell slammed into the crowded Markale marketplace in Sarajevo, killing 68 civilians and wounding nearly 200 others. This brutal attack galvanized international public opinion, forcing NATO to issue an ultimatum that eventually led to the first major military intervention against Bosnian Serb forces during the conflict.
Cyprien Ntaryamira devient Président de la République du Burundi.
Cyprien Ntaryamira devient Président de la République du Burundi.
incendie du Parlement de Bretagne à Rennes, dans la nuit du 4 au 5, à la suite de manifestations avec fumigènes de dé…
incendie du Parlement de Bretagne à Rennes, dans la nuit du 4 au 5, à la suite de manifestations avec fumigènes de détresse de marins pêcheurs, à l'occasion de la visite à Rennes du gouvernement Balladur à la préfecture d'Ille-et-Vilaine et de région Bretagne.
A Mississippi jury finally convicted Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Ev…
A Mississippi jury finally convicted Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, thirty-one years after two previous trials ended in deadlocked juries. This verdict broke the state’s long-standing refusal to prosecute white supremacists for racial violence, forcing a public reckoning with the state's failure to protect its Black citizens during the Jim Crow era.
Beckwith Convicted: Justice Served for Medgar Evers' Murder
A Mississippi jury finally convicts white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith of assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Evers three decades after the 1963 murder, ending a legal saga defined by two hung juries and a climate of racial terror. This verdict forces the state to confront its own failure to protect Black leaders during the Civil Rights Movement and delivers a belated, concrete justice that validates decades of activism against systemic impunity.
Bei einem Anschlag mit Rohrbomben und Sprengfallen kommen in Oberwart, Burgenland, Österreich, vier Roma ums Leben.
Bei einem Anschlag mit Rohrbomben und Sprengfallen kommen in Oberwart, Burgenland, Österreich, vier Roma ums Leben. Als Täter wird Jahre später der rechtsextreme Einzeltäter Franz Fuchs ermittelt.
en Nueva York, las firmas bursátiles Morgan Stanley Group y Dean Witter Reynolds anuncian su fusión, creándose así la…
en Nueva York, las firmas bursátiles Morgan Stanley Group y Dean Witter Reynolds anuncian su fusión, creándose así la sociedad bursátil Morgan Stanley con unos fondos de 270 000 millones de dólares.
sortie de la première version publique de MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator).
sortie de la première version publique de MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator).
Swiss Banks Create Holocaust Fund: $71 Million Pledged
Switzerland's three largest banks — UBS, Credit Suisse, and Swiss Bank Corporation — announced a $71 million fund to compensate Holocaust survivors and their families. The move came amid intense international pressure over dormant wartime accounts and preceded a much larger $1.25 billion settlement, forcing Switzerland to confront its role as a financial haven during the Nazi era.
incendie du dôme de la gare des Bénédictins, à Limoges.
incendie du dôme de la gare des Bénédictins, à Limoges.
en la nueva zona financiera de Caracas, un incendio destruye la torre Europa, de 14 pisos de altura.
en la nueva zona financiera de Caracas, un incendio destruye la torre Europa, de 14 pisos de altura.
le boxeur poids lourds Mike Tyson est condamné à un an de prison pour avoir agressé deux automobilistes après un acci…
le boxeur poids lourds Mike Tyson est condamné à un an de prison pour avoir agressé deux automobilistes après un accident de la circulation.
Ecuador vive una jornada de protestas generalizadas contra el régimen del presidente Jamil Mahuad.
Ecuador vive una jornada de protestas generalizadas contra el régimen del presidente Jamil Mahuad.
Bernard Thibault succède à Louis Viannet à la tête de la CGT.
Bernard Thibault succède à Louis Viannet à la tête de la CGT.
Russian Forces Massacre Civilians in Grozny Suburb
Russian forces killed at least 60 civilians during a sweep through the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, executing residents in their homes and yards. The massacre drew condemnation from human rights organizations worldwide and became one of the most documented atrocities of the Second Chechen War, exposing the brutal cost of the conflict on Chechnya's civilian population.
en España, las compañías eléctricas Endesa e Iberdrola anuncian la ruptura del proceso de fusión, iniciado en el mes …
en España, las compañías eléctricas Endesa e Iberdrola anuncian la ruptura del proceso de fusión, iniciado en el mes de octubre de 2000.
Eine australische Expedition entdeckt auf Ball’s Pyramid, einer unbewohnten spitzen Felsinsel vor der Küste Australie…
Eine australische Expedition entdeckt auf Ball’s Pyramid, einer unbewohnten spitzen Felsinsel vor der Küste Australiens, drei lebende Exemplare des seit etwa 70 Jahren ausgestorben geglaubten, einst auf der Lord-Howe-Insel endemischen Baumhummers (Dryococelus australis).
de retour de République dominicaine, l'ancien conseiller général RPR des Hauts-de-Seine Didier Schuller, personnage c…
de retour de République dominicaine, l'ancien conseiller général RPR des Hauts-de-Seine Didier Schuller, personnage central de l'enquête sur l'office HLM de ce département, est mis en examen et écroué pour trafic d'influence et abus de biens sociaux.
el juez Baltasar Garzón decreta la ilicitud de Segi y Askatasuna por tratarse de estructuras que forman parte de la o…
el juez Baltasar Garzón decreta la ilicitud de Segi y Askatasuna por tratarse de estructuras que forman parte de la organización terrorista ETA y que realizan «la misma actividad delictiva que sus predecesoras Jarrai y Gestoras Pro Amnistía».
en Roma (Italia), el Senado aprueba un decreto ley para permitir el regreso a Italia de los descendientes del último …
en Roma (Italia), el Senado aprueba un decreto ley para permitir el regreso a Italia de los descendientes del último rey del país, Humberto II, que tuvieron vetada su entrada durante 56 años.
intervenant devant le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, Colin Powell tente de convaincre la communauté internati…
intervenant devant le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, Colin Powell tente de convaincre la communauté internationale que l'Irak possède toujours des armes de destruction massive. Se rendant compte plus tard qu'il avait été dupé en cela par les faucons néo-conservateurs proches de Bush, il se prononcera en faveur du démocrate Barack Obama à la présidence des États-Unis.
sortie en salles françaises de cinémas de la comédie potache La Beuze avec l’animateur Michael Youn dans son premier …
sortie en salles françaises de cinémas de la comédie potache La Beuze avec l’animateur Michael Youn dans son premier long-métrage et à ses côtés l'un de ses comparses du « Morning Live » télévisé de M6 Vincent Desagnat.
en La Haya (Países Bajos), la Corte Internacional de Justicia ordena a Estados Unidos suspender temporalmente la ejec…
en La Haya (Países Bajos), la Corte Internacional de Justicia ordena a Estados Unidos suspender temporalmente la ejecución de tres presos mexicanos.
a la costa de Tenerife (Canarias) llega un barco con 227 inmigrantes subsaharianos a bordo.
a la costa de Tenerife (Canarias) llega un barco con 227 inmigrantes subsaharianos a bordo.
Twenty-three Chinese workers drowned picking cockles in Morecambe Bay because their gangmaster sent them out at night…
Twenty-three Chinese workers drowned picking cockles in Morecambe Bay because their gangmaster sent them out at night, in winter, with no tide tables. They were illegal immigrants paying off debts of £20,000 each. When the tide came in — it moves faster than a person can run in sand — they called emergency services but couldn't explain where they were. Two bodies were never found. Their gangmaster got 14 years for manslaughter.
The rebellion started in Gonaïves because gangs switched sides.
The rebellion started in Gonaïves because gangs switched sides. Guy Philippe had been a police chief. Buteur Métayer led the street crews. They'd both worked for Aristide until he tried to have Métayer killed. Métayer died anyway — murdered in September 2003. His brother blamed the president. Within months, the gangs and the ex-cops controlled Haiti's fourth-largest city. Aristide fled to Africa five weeks later. The uprising that ended his presidency began as a gang war over a funeral.
In Berlin eröffnet der Spielfilm Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain von Anthony Minghella mit Jude Law, Nicole Kidman und R…
In Berlin eröffnet der Spielfilm Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain von Anthony Minghella mit Jude Law, Nicole Kidman und Renée Zellweger in den Hauptrollen die Internationalen Filmfestspiele.
en Nayaf (Irak), el ayatolá Alí Sistani ―líder de la comunidad chií― sale ileso de un atentado.
en Nayaf (Irak), el ayatolá Alí Sistani ―líder de la comunidad chií― sale ileso de un atentado.
en Pekín (China) mueren 37 personas al caer de un puente cuando participaban en la tradicional «fiesta de las linternas».
en Pekín (China) mueren 37 personas al caer de un puente cuando participaban en la tradicional «fiesta de las linternas».
cerca de Kabul (Afganistán) aparecen los restos de un avión en el que viajaban 104 personas, siniestrado durante una …
cerca de Kabul (Afganistán) aparecen los restos de un avión en el que viajaban 104 personas, siniestrado durante una fuerte tormenta de nieve.
en Japón, nueve personas mueren en dos vehículos después de pactar el suicidio por Internet.
en Japón, nueve personas mueren en dos vehículos después de pactar el suicidio por Internet.
en Beirut ―en el marco de las protestas por la difusión de caricaturas de Mahoma―, grupos de musulmanes radicales que…
en Beirut ―en el marco de las protestas por la difusión de caricaturas de Mahoma―, grupos de musulmanes radicales queman el consulado danés. En Europa continúan las protestas.
en Suiza, la selección masculina de balonmano de España consigue la medalla de plata en los Campeonatos de Europa tra…
en Suiza, la selección masculina de balonmano de España consigue la medalla de plata en los Campeonatos de Europa tras perder en Zúrich la final contra Francia por 23-31.
en la cueva de Vilhonneur (oeste de Francia), investigadores franceses hallan unos grabados parietales prehistóricos …
en la cueva de Vilhonneur (oeste de Francia), investigadores franceses hallan unos grabados parietales prehistóricos de 27 000 años de antigüedad.
se publica «Ruby» como primer sencillo del segundo álbum de la banda Kaiser Chiefs.
se publica «Ruby» como primer sencillo del segundo álbum de la banda Kaiser Chiefs.
en México, se estrena la serie de antología y dramática de televisión La Rosa de Guadalupe, producida por Televisa.
en México, se estrena la serie de antología y dramática de televisión La Rosa de Guadalupe, producida por Televisa.
en Rafah (Franja de Gaza), el ejército israelí mata a dos seguidores de Hamás durante una incursión.
en Rafah (Franja de Gaza), el ejército israelí mata a dos seguidores de Hamás durante una incursión.
The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak killed 57 people across five states in a single night.
The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak killed 57 people across five states in a single night. Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi — 87 tornadoes touched down in 15 hours. The deadliest hit Macon County, Tennessee at 1:45 AM while people slept. Seventeen died in their homes. It was February 5th, 2008. Primary election day. Polling stations opened six hours later, some surrounded by debris fields. Voters stepped over downed power lines to cast ballots.
inauguration d'une centrale hydroélectrique de 241 MW et 307 millions d'euros, réalisée en 32 mois à San Salvador au …
inauguration d'une centrale hydroélectrique de 241 MW et 307 millions d'euros, réalisée en 32 mois à San Salvador au Brésil, sur la rivière Tocatins, en présence du président du pays Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, et du président de GDF Suez Gérard Mestrallet.
après plus de 20 ans de forage, une tête de forage pénètre dans l'eau liquide du lac sous-glaciaire Vostok à 3 769 m …
après plus de 20 ans de forage, une tête de forage pénètre dans l'eau liquide du lac sous-glaciaire Vostok à 3 769 m de profondeur.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), un incendio en un depósito del barrio porteño Barracas, deja 10 muertos; entre ellos bom…
en Buenos Aires (Argentina), un incendio en un depósito del barrio porteño Barracas, deja 10 muertos; entre ellos bomberos y rescatistas. Incendio de Iron Mountain en Buenos Aires (2014)
مجلس نواب الشعب التونسي يمنح الثقة للحكومة الجديدة برئاسة الحبيب الصيد.
مجلس نواب الشعب التونسي يمنح الثقة للحكومة الجديدة برئاسة الحبيب الصيد.
A protestor hurled a rubber dildo at New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce during a Waitangi Day vis…
A protestor hurled a rubber dildo at New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce during a Waitangi Day visit to the Treaty Grounds. The projectile struck him squarely in the face, turning a routine political appearance into a viral spectacle that exposed deep-seated frustrations regarding the government’s handling of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
المنتخب الكاميروني لكرة القدم يفوز على نظيره المصري بنتيجة هدفين مقابل هدف واحد، ويتوج بلقب كأس الأمم الأفريقية للمرة…
المنتخب الكاميروني لكرة القدم يفوز على نظيره المصري بنتيجة هدفين مقابل هدف واحد، ويتوج بلقب كأس الأمم الأفريقية للمرة الخامسة في تاريخه.
Pope Francis landed in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019.
Pope Francis landed in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019. First pope ever on the Arabian Peninsula. He celebrated mass for 180,000 people in Zayed Sports City Stadium—the largest Christian gathering in the region's history. Most were migrant workers from the Philippines, India, and Pakistan. They'd been waiting since 3 a.m. Security was so tight that attendees couldn't bring phones. The UAE issued a commemorative stamp. The visit came after Francis signed a document with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar calling for peace between religions. The peninsula where Islam was born now had a pope saying mass. Both sides called it impossible until it happened.
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 skidded off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport during a heavy storm, breakin…
Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 skidded off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport during a heavy storm, breaking into three pieces upon impact. This disaster exposed critical flaws in airport safety protocols regarding wet-runway operations, forcing Turkish aviation authorities to overhaul landing procedures and pilot training requirements for high-traffic, weather-prone hubs.
Trump's first impeachment trial ended with a 52-48 acquittal on abuse of power.
Trump's first impeachment trial ended with a 52-48 acquittal on abuse of power. Mitt Romney became the first senator in U.S. history to vote to convict a president from his own party. The entire process—from impeachment inquiry to Senate vote—took four months. Trump was charged with pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden by withholding military aid. A year later, he'd be impeached again. Same Senate. Different charge.
انتخاب محمد المنفي رئيسًا للمجلس الرئاسي الليبي وعبد الحميد الدبيبة رئيسًا للحكومة بعد انتهاء أعمال منتدى الحوار السي…
انتخاب محمد المنفي رئيسًا للمجلس الرئاسي الليبي وعبد الحميد الدبيبة رئيسًا للحكومة بعد انتهاء أعمال منتدى الحوار السياسي الليبي.
مقتل ما لا يقل عن 21 شخصًا وتدمير العديد من المباني في مدغشقر جراء إعصار باتسيراي.
مقتل ما لا يقل عن 21 شخصًا وتدمير العديد من المباني في مدغشقر جراء إعصار باتسيراي.
à Monaco, l'Union nationale remporte l'intégralité des sièges lors des élections nationales.
à Monaco, l'Union nationale remporte l'intégralité des sièges lors des élections nationales.
In Frankfurt am Main wird Mathias Beck zum Nachfolger von Peter Fischer als Präsident von Eintracht Frankfurt gewählt.
In Frankfurt am Main wird Mathias Beck zum Nachfolger von Peter Fischer als Präsident von Eintracht Frankfurt gewählt.
en Londres (Reino Unido), el rey Carlos III anuncia públicamente que padece un tipo de cáncer que no especifica, y qu…
en Londres (Reino Unido), el rey Carlos III anuncia públicamente que padece un tipo de cáncer que no especifica, y que reducirá al mínimo sus deberes públicos.
O teto da Igreja e Convento de São Francisco, na capital baiana de Salvador, desaba deixando uma pessoa morta e cinco…
O teto da Igreja e Convento de São Francisco, na capital baiana de Salvador, desaba deixando uma pessoa morta e cinco feridas.
après la mort la veille du 49e imam héréditaire des Ismaéliens, l'Aga Khan IV, à l’âge de 88 ans, son fils Rahim Aga …
après la mort la veille du 49e imam héréditaire des Ismaéliens, l'Aga Khan IV, à l’âge de 88 ans, son fils Rahim Aga Khan devient le 50e imam de la communauté ismaélienne nizârite avec le titre d'Aga Khan V.
expira el START II (tratado de reducción de armas nucleares).
expira el START II (tratado de reducción de armas nucleares).