Idi Amin declared himself President of Uganda, 1971
In 1962, the United Kingdom granted Independence to Uganda. That same year, a former Lieutenant in the King’s Africa Rifles, Idi Amin Dada, became a captain in the newly formed…
First part of the Oxford English Dictionary published, 1884
On 1st February 1884 the Oxford University Press (OUP) published the first part of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological…
Disney`s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released, 1938
In June 1934, Walt Disney announced the production of his studio’s first feature length animation: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Previously the Disney studio had released short films such…
First banknotes issued in America, 1690
On 3rd February 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature issued $40,000 worth of Bills of Credit. The British King authorised the Massachusetts General Court to issue these promissory notes to…
Appearance of the Devil`s Footrpints, 1855
On the night of 8th/9th February 1855, a series of mysterious footprints appeared in freshly fallen snow. The Times of February 16th reported the ‘Extraordinary Occurrence’ in the following article:…
New South Wales founded, 1788
In August 1770 the English mariner and explorer James Cook (then a lieutenant) took possession of the eastern coast of Australia in the name of King George III, naming it…
BBC Radio first broadcast the Greenwich Time Signal, 1924
From its first broadcasts, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) included a time check before their evening news bulletins taking the form of the chimes of Big Ben being played originally…
Maiden flight of Boeing 747, 1969
With long-distance commercial air travel becoming more popular the President of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), Juan Trippe, urged Boeing to build a much larger passenger aircraft to replace…
Nelson Mandela released, 1990
Nelson Mandela was born on 18th July 1918 in a small village called Mvezo, near Umtata the capital of the Transkei. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a member of…
Treaty of Paris signed, 1763
In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria formed a new alliance with Russia and France in order to recover territories lost to Prussia during the War of Austrian Succession, particularly…