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27th February 1973: Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee

Approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for 71 ...

26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

The resulting record was released in May, and went on to sell hundreds of thousands of ...

25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States ...

24th February 1920: Adolf Hitler announces the 25 Point Programme and the establishment of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)

Hitler announced that the DAP had officially become the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), known colloquially as the Nazi Party. Alongside the name change, he also introduced the 25 Point Programme, a set of ideological principles outlining the party’s ...

23rd February 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins, lasting for thirteen days before the final battle

Having received few reinforcements by the time the Mexicans attacked on 6 March, the Alamo’s defenders suffered a decisive defeat that is believed to have killed every soldier in the ...

22nd February 1946: The ‘Long Telegram’ sent by George F. Kennan, a senior American diplomat in Moscow

The Long Telegram emphasized that the Soviet Union was inherently expansionist and ideologically driven, and advocated for the restriction of Soviet influence rather than direct ...

21st February 1885: the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was dedicated

The 555-foot tall Washington Monument was dedicated at a ceremony featuring President Chester Arthur alongside fellow politicians, engineers and ...

20th February 1939: Pro-Nazi rally held at Madison Square Garden in New York City

On February 20, 1939, at an event that arguably marked the height of the German American Bund, Fritz Julius Kuhn addressed approximately 20,000 people at a rally at New York City’s Madison Square ...

18th February 1915: Germany initiates a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare during the First World War

On February 4, 1915, Admiral Hugo von Pohl of the German High Seas Fleet warned that ‘every enemy merchant vessel’ in British waters would be targeted and that ‘it may not always be possible to prevent attacks on enemy ships from harming neutral ...

16th February 1861: Abraham Lincoln meets the girl who advised him to grow a beard to gain more votes

During the presidential campaign, 11-year-old Grace Bedell had written a letter to Abraham Lincoln in which she suggested that he would look more distinguished, and garner more votes, if he grew a ...