Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 31 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 1504Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- Abel Tasman’s second Pacific voyage began.
- Queen Anne’s War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
- February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style.
- Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on 24 March.
- King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
- Polish nobles formed Bar Confederation.
- The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
- American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
- St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
- The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
- Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
- Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution.
- Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.
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- February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
- Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
- In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, because of the war, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden’s Consul General in San Francisco.
- World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
- The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.
- An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country.
- In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
- Vietnam War: Vietnamization – South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
- Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
- South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
- Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.
- First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
- Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
