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7th April 1954: President Eisenhower first described the ‘domino theory’ of the spread of communism during a news conference

He likened the spread of communism in Southeast Asia to a row of dominoes quickly collapsing after the first one ...

6th April 1793: Committee of Public Safety established by the National Convention of France

The National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety with the primary objectives of maintaining public order, managing the war effort against foreign powers, and rooting out perceived enemies of the ...

5th April 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen becomes the first European to encounter Easter Island

The first sighting coincided with Easter Sunday, so Roggeveen and his crew agreed to name the landmass Easter ...

4th April 1925: Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of the SS

The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as the ...

3rd April 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain

Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. This made him the de facto Prime Minister and, while the title was not officially recognized at the time, Walpole wielded considerable power and ...

2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops

With the cry of ‘bread or blood!’ the women marched to the city’s market district where they broke into government storehouses and nearby ...

1st April 1944: The USAAF accidentally bomb the neutral Swiss town of Schaffhausen instead of a German chemical factory

While flying over France, the formations experienced high winds that blew them dramatically off ...

31st March 1985: WrestleMania I takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City

WrestleMania grossed a reported $12 million and, although reviews of the first event were mixed, it marked the start of the longest-running professional wrestling competition in ...

30th March 1900: Archaeologists at the ancient site of Knossos discover the first clay tablet inscribed with Linear B

Evans’ excavation of the Linear B tablets at Knossos shed light on the complex and sophisticated nature of the Minoan ...

29th March 1806: Construction of the Cumberland Road, the first federally funded highway, authorised by U.S. Congress

The Cumberland Road quickly became a vital artery for trade and transport, facilitating the movement of people, goods, and ideas between the eastern seaboard and the western ...