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31 newsworthy anniversaries in March 2020

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Here are 31 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in March 2020.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them. This list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020, which lists hundreds of newsworthy and notable anniversaries for each month. It’s just the thing you need for writing anniversary tie-ins and “on this day in history” features.

1 Mar 1620 – 400 years ago
Death of Thomas Campion, English poet and composer.

2 Mar 1970 – 50 years ago
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) proclaimed itself a republic.

3 Mar 1845 – 175 years ago
Florida was admitted as the 27th state of the USA.

4 Mar 1970 – 50 years ago
The French submarine Eurydice exploded in the Mediterranean, killing all 57 crew.

5 Mar 1960 – 60 years ago
Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley was officially discharged from the U.S. Army after completing his two years’ service.

6 Mar 1930 – 90 years ago
Clarence Birdseye’s first frozen foods went on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, in a (successful) marketing test.

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8 Mar 1950 – 70 years ago
Volkswagen launched the Type 2/Transporter van – also known as the VW Camper, Bus, microbus, or Kombi. It became the bestselling van in history, and early versions remain much-loved icons of the counterculture/hippie movement.

9 – 10 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – Operation Meetinghouse (the Bombing of Tokyo, Japan). Considered to be the most destructive air raid in history. 330 U.S. B-29 bombers carried out low-altitude incendiary bomb attacks on Tokyo, destroying a quarter of the city and killing over 100,000 people.

10 Mar 1820 – 200 years ago
The Royal Astronomical Society was founded in Britain.

11 Mar 1960 – 60 years ago
NASA launched its Pioneer 5 space probe. It was the USA’s first successful deep space probe and operated until 30th April. It returned a wealth of data on cosmic radiation, electrical fields, and magnetic fields in the interplanetary space between the Earth and Venus.

12 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
New York became the first U.S. state to ban discrimination against job applicants and employees on the basis of their race, religion or creed. (Ives–Quinn Anti-Discrimination Bill.)

13 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II: Queen Wilhelmina returned to the Netherlands, having evacuated to the UK at the start of the war.

14 Mar 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (1861 – 78). The first king of united Italy since the 6th century.

15 Mar 1820 – 200 years ago
Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the USA.

16 Mar 1970 – 50 years ago
The complete New English Bible was published. It was a fresh translation of the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic texts into modern English.

17 Mar 1870 – 150 years ago
Wellesley College was founded in Massachusetts, USA (as Wellesley Female Seminary). It opened to students on 8th September 1875.

18 Mar 1845 – 175 years ago
Death of Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist and nurseryman. He introduced apple trees to large parts of the Midwest, which helped prepare the way for 19th-century pioneers.

19 Mar 1920 – 100 years ago
The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and U.S. membership of the League of Nations.

20 Mar 1995 – 25 years ago
A terrorist group released sarin nerve gas on the Tokyo underground, killing 12 people and injuring over 5,000.

21 Mar 1960 – 60 years ago
Sharpeville Massacre, South Africa. Police opened fire on a group of black anti‐apartheid demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.

22 Mar 1960 – 60 years ago
The first laser was patented by American physicists Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes.

23 Mar 1940 (24th in Pakistan) – 80 years ago
The Lahore Resolution was adopted by the All-India Muslim League at its annual convention. This led to the establishment of Pakistan as the world’s first Islamic republic in 1956.

24 Mar 1955 – 65 years ago
Tennessee Williams’s play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened on Broadway.

25 Mar 1920 – 100 years ago
The British special constables known as the “Black and Tans” (officially the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force) arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution and target the IRA.

26 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
Death of David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (1916–22).

27 Mar 1845 – 175 years ago
Birth of Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who discovered X-rays. Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The chemical element roentgenium is named in his honor.

28 Mar 1960 – 60 years ago
The first permanent star was laid on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (It honored the director Stanley Kramer.)

29 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II: the last German V-1 flying bomb hit Britain (Datchworth, Hertfordshire). On the same day, the Allies captured the last German V-1 launch site, preventing further attacks.

30 Mar 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Anna Sewell, British novelist who wrote the children’s classic Black Beauty.

31 Mar 1990 – 30 years ago
Poll tax riots in London. 200,000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police. Violence and looting erupted, leading to the worst riots in the city for a century.

More anniversaries:

The above list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020. You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in the book. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com

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29 newsworthy anniversaries in February 2020 (US edition)

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Here are 29 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in February 2020.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them. This list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020, which lists hundreds of newsworthy and notable anniversaries for each month. It’s just the thing you need for writing anniversary tie-ins and “on this day in history” features.

Feb 1, 1920 – 100 years ago
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.

Feb 2, 1970 – 50 years ago
Death of Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician and social reformer. Winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Feb 3, 1870 – 150 years ago
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It prohibited the federal and state governments from denying voting rights to citizens because of their race, color or previous servitude.

Feb 4 to 11, 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – The Yalta Conference, Crimea. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany. Stalin also agreed to enter the war in the Pacific within 3 months of the war in Europe ending.

Feb 5, 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Frank Muir, British comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. Presenter of the radio shows My Word! and My Music and the TV quiz show Call My Bluff. (Died 1998.)

Feb 6, 1895 – 125 years ago
Birth of Babe Ruth, American professional baseball player. Regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in U.S. history.

Feb 7, 1940 – 80 years ago
The U.S. première of the Walt Disney film Pinocchio. (Released: February 23rd, UK: May 13th.)

Feb 8, 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War general. A major architect of modern warfare. Noted for the success of his campaigns against the Confederates, but criticized for the harshness of his “scorched earth” policies.

Feb 9, 1895 – 125 years ago
The sport of volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.

Feb 10, 1940 – 80 years ago
The cartoon characters Tom and Jerry made their first appearance in the Hanna and Barbera cartoon Puss Gets the Boot. (Tom the cat was named Jasper and Jerry the mouse was named Jinx.)

Feb 11, 1990 – 30 years ago
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years. (He became President of South Africa in 1994.)

Feb 12, 1940 – 80 years ago
The first episode of the radio serial The Adventures of Superman was broadcast on WOR in New York City, USA. It ran until 1951 (on Mutual and ABC).

Feb 13, 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Nations recognized Switzerland’s perpetual neutrality.

Feb 14, 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Feb 15, 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women’s rights activist. President of the National Woman Suffrage Association (1892–1900).

Feb 16 to 26, 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. victory. The island was recaptured from the Japanese who had held it since May 1942.

Feb 17, 1870 – 150 years ago
The Elementary Education Act (commonly known as Forster’s Education Act) was introduced in England and Wales. It provided a framework for the education of all children aged between 5 and 12. Many people objected to it, including the upper classes who wanted to keep educational privileges for themselves, and employers who feared losing cheap labor.

Feb 18, 1930 – 90 years ago
The dwarf planet Pluto was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

Feb 19 to Mar 23, 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese Volcano Islands. U.S. victory.
(The iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on top of Mount Surabachi was taken on February 23rd.)

Feb 20, 1920 – 100 years ago
Death of Robert Peary, American naval officer and explorer. His claim to have reached the geographic North Pole in April 1909 is the subject of much debate and controversy.

Feb 21, 1945 – 75 years ago
Death of Eric Liddell, Scottish athlete. Olympic gold medalist in 1924 (400m). Because of his religious convictions, he withdrew from the 100m heats because they were held on a Sunday, and entered (and won) the 400m instead as the heats and final were held on weekdays. He was portrayed by the actor Ian Charleson in the film Chariots of Fire. (Died in a WWII internment camp in China, aged 43.)

Feb 22, 1940 – 80 years ago
Tenzin Gyatso, aged 5, was installed as the 14th Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet

Feb 23, 1820 – 200 years ago
Cato Street Conspiracy, London, UK. Thirteen conspirators known as the Spencean Philanthropists were arrested after an informer revealed they were plotting to kill the Prime Minister and all of his cabinet ministers. Five of the conspirators were later executed, and five others transported to Australia.

Feb 24 or Apr 1, 1920 – 100 years ago
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) was established, changing its name from the German Worker’s Party and holding its first mass rally in Munich.

Feb 25, 1870 – 150 years ago
Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was elected to the U.S. Senate and became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Feb 26, 1995 – 25 years ago
Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, collapsed after its chief trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost approximately $800 million on unauthorized transactions.

Feb 27, 1940 – 80 years ago
Carbon-14 was discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley. (Its presence in organic materials forms the basis of radiocarbon dating.)

Feb 28, 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Sir John Tenniel, British illustrator and cartoonist. Known for his political cartoons for Punch magazine and his illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland series of books.

Feb 29, 1960 – 60 years ago
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

More anniversaries:

The above list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020. You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in the book. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com

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29 newsworthy anniversaries in February 2020

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Here are 29 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in February 2020.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them. This list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020, which lists hundreds of newsworthy and notable anniversaries for each month. It’s just the thing you need for writing anniversary tie-ins and “on this day in history” features.

1 Feb 1920 – 100 years ago
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.

2 Feb 1970 – 50 years ago
Death of Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician and social reformer. Winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature.

3 Feb 1870 – 150 years ago
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It prohibited the federal and state governments from denying voting rights to citizens because of their race, color or previous servitude.

4 – 11 Feb 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – The Yalta Conference, Crimea. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany. Stalin also agreed to enter the war in the Pacific within 3 months of the war in Europe ending.

5 Feb 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Frank Muir, British comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. Presenter of the radio shows My Word! and My Music and the TV quiz show Call My Bluff. (Died 1998.)

6 Feb 1895 – 125 years ago
Birth of Babe Ruth, American professional baseball player. Regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in U.S. history.

7 Feb 1940 – 80 years ago
The U.S. première of the Walt Disney film Pinocchio. (Released: 23rd February, UK: 13th May.)

8 Feb 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War general. A major architect of modern warfare. Noted for the success of his campaigns against the Confederates, but criticized for the harshness of his “scorched earth” policies.

9 Feb 1895 – 125 years ago
The sport of volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.

10 Feb 1940 – 80 years ago
The cartoon characters Tom and Jerry made their first appearance in the Hanna and Barbera cartoon Puss Gets the Boot. (Tom the cat was named Jasper and Jerry the mouse was named Jinx.)

11 Feb 1990 – 30 years ago
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years. (He became President of South Africa in 1994.)

12 Feb 1940 – 80 years ago
The first episode of the radio serial The Adventures of Superman was broadcast on WOR in New York City, USA. It ran until 1951 (on Mutual and ABC).

13 Feb 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Nations recognized Switzerland’s perpetual neutrality.

14 Feb 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

15 Feb 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women’s rights activist. President of the National Woman Suffrage Association (1892–1900).

16 – 26 Feb 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. victory. The island was recaptured from the Japanese who had held it since May 1942.

17 Feb 1870 – 150 years ago
The Elementary Education Act (commonly known as Forster’s Education Act) was introduced in England and Wales. It provided a framework for the education of all children aged between 5 and 12. Many people objected to it, including the upper classes who wanted to keep educational privileges for themselves, and employers who feared losing cheap labor.

18 Feb 1930 – 90 years ago
The dwarf planet Pluto was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

19 Feb – 23 Mar 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese Volcano Islands. U.S. victory.
(The iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on top of Mount Surabachi was taken on 23rd February.)

20 Feb 1920 – 100 years ago
Death of Robert Peary, American naval officer and explorer. His claim to have reached the geographic North Pole in April 1909 is the subject of much debate and controversy.

21 Feb 1945 – 75 years ago
Death of Eric Liddell, Scottish athlete. Olympic gold medalist in 1924 (400m). Because of his religious convictions, he withdrew from the 100m heats because they were held on a Sunday, and entered (and won) the 400m instead as the heats and final were held on weekdays. He was portrayed by the actor Ian Charleson in the film Chariots of Fire. (Died in a WWII internment camp in China, aged 43.)

22 Feb 1940 – 80 years ago
Tenzin Gyatso, aged 5, was installed as the 14th Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet

23 Feb 1820 – 200 years ago
Cato Street Conspiracy, London, UK. Thirteen conspirators known as the Spencean Philanthropists were arrested after an informer revealed they were plotting to kill the Prime Minister and all of his cabinet ministers. Five of the conspirators were later executed, and five others transported to Australia.

24 Feb (or 1 Apr) 1920 – 100 years ago
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) was established, changing its name from the German Worker’s Party and holding its first mass rally in Munich.

25 Feb 1870 – 150 years ago
Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was elected to the U.S. Senate and became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

26 Feb 1995 – 25 years ago
Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, collapsed after its chief trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost approximately £625 million on unauthorized transactions.

27 Feb 1940 – 80 years ago
Carbon-14 was discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley. (Its presence in organic materials forms the basis of radiocarbon dating.)

28 Feb 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Sir John Tenniel, British illustrator and cartoonist. Known for his political cartoons for Punch magazine and his illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland series of books.

29 Feb 1960 – 60 years ago
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

More anniversaries:

The above list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020. You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in the book. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com

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31 newsworthy anniversaries in January 2020 (US edition)

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Here are 31 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in January 2020.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them. This list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020, which lists hundreds of newsworthy and notable anniversaries for each month. It’s just the thing you need for writing anniversary tie-ins and “on this day in history” features.

Jan 1, 1995 – 25 years ago
The World Trade Organization was established.

Jan 2, 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Isaac Asimov, Russian-born American science fiction writer.

Jan 3, 1945 – 75 years ago
Death of Edgar Cayce, American psychic and faith healer.

Jan 4, 1920 – 100 years ago
The Negro National League – the first black baseball league in the USA – was founded. The first games were played on May 2, 1920.

Jan 5, 1970 – 50 years ago
The first episode of the television soap opera All My Children was broadcast on ABC in the USA.

Jan 6, 1945 – 75 years ago
The cartoon character Pepé Le Pew made his first appearance, in the Warner Bros. cartoon Odor-able Kitty.

Jan 7, 1940 – 80 years ago
The BBC Forces Programme radio station began broadcasting. (It ran until February 1944.)

Jan 8, 1870 – 150 years ago
Birth of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Prime Minister/dictator of Spain (1923–30).

Jan 9, 1995 – 25 years ago
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov became the first person to spend an entire year (366 days) in space in a single mission. (In total, his mission to the Mir space station lasted for 437 days.)

Jan 10, 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Nations was established. It operated until 1946 when it was replaced by the United Nations.

Jan 11, 1970 – 50 years ago
Death of Richmal Crompton, British writer. Best known for her Just William children’s stories.

Jan 12, 1895 – 125 years ago
The National Trust was founded in the UK (as the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty).

Jan 13, 1930 – 90 years ago
The first Mickey Mouse comic strip was published, in the New York Mirror.

Jan 14, 1920 – 100 years ago
Death of John Dodge, pioneering American automobile manufacturer. Co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company (now part of Fiat Chrysler) with his brother, Horace.

Jan 15, 1895 – 125 years ago
Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake was performed for the first time in its current form, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. (This was a revision of an earlier version that was first performed in 1877 but was not a success. The revised version has become one of the world’s most popular ballets.)

Jan 16, 1920 – 100 years ago
Prohibition began in the USA as the 18th Amendment went into effect.

Jan 17, 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Anne Brontë, British novelist and poet. Youngest of the three Brontë sisters. Known for novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Jan 18, 1980 – 40 years ago
Death of Cecil Beaton, British photographer and theatrical designer.

Jan 19, 1920 – 100 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded.

Jan 20, 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Federico Fellini, Italian film director and screenwriter. (Died 1993.)

Jan 21, 1960 – 60 years ago
Coalbrook mining disaster, Clydesdale Colliery, near Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa. 435 miners were killed when the mine collapsed because of pillar failure. It remains the worse mining disaster in South African history.

Jan 22, 1970 – 50 years ago
The Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” went into service (with Pan American World Airways) on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.

Jan 23 to May, 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – Operation Hannibal. Germany evacuated 1.8 million civilians and military personnel across the Baltic Sea from East Prussia and the neighboring area as the Soviet Red Army advanced. This was one of the largest emergency evacuations by sea in history, with more than three times the number of people evacuated than from Dunkirk.

Jan 24, 1995 – 25 years ago
Opening statements began in the O. J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Simpson was acquitted in October.)

Jan 25, 1960 – 60 years ago
Payola scandal. The U.S. National Association of Broadcasters threatened to fine disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.

Jan 26, 1970 – 50 years ago
The album Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel was released.

Jan 27 and 30, 1820 – 200 years ago
The discovery of Antarctica. Who actually gets the credit for this is disputed. On January 27th, a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev sighted the Fimbul Ice Shelf, and this is sometimes considered the discovery of Antarctica. However, they did not sight land. This happened on January 30th when Irish sailor Edward Bransfield, a captain in the British Royal Navy, sighted the Trinity Peninsula.

Jan 28, 1960 – 60 years ago
The final episode of the radio comedy series The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in the UK. (Three special episodes were broadcast in 1968, 1972 and 2001.)

Jan 29, 1820 – 200 years ago
Death of George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland/United Kingdom (1760–1820). He suffered from mental illness, and his son George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) ruled as Prince Regent from 1810.

Jan 30, 1920 – 100 years ago
The Mazda Motor Corporation was founded in Japan.

Jan 31, 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Bataan, Philippines. Allied victory. The strategically important peninsula was recaptured from the Japanese who had held it since April 1942. This opened up additional supply lines to U.S. troops fighting in the Battle of Manila, which was won on March 3rd.

More anniversaries:

The above list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020. You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in the book. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com

31 newsworthy anniversaries in January 2020

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Here are 31 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in January 2020.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them. This list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020, which lists hundreds of newsworthy and notable anniversaries for each month. It’s just the thing you need for writing anniversary tie-ins and “on this day in history” features.

1 Jan 1995 – 25 years ago
The World Trade Organization was established.

2 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Isaac Asimov, Russian-born American science fiction writer.

3 Jan 1945 – 75 years ago
Death of Edgar Cayce, American psychic and faith healer.

4 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
The Negro National League – the first black baseball league in the USA – was founded. The first games were played on 2nd May 1920.

5 Jan 1970 – 50 years ago
The first episode of the television soap opera All My Children was broadcast on ABC in the USA.

6 Jan 1945 – 75 years ago
The cartoon character Pepé Le Pew made his first appearance, in the Warner Bros. cartoon Odor-able Kitty.

7 Jan 1940 – 80 years ago
The BBC Forces Programme radio station began broadcasting. (It ran until February 1944.)

8 Jan 1870 – 150 years ago
Birth of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Prime Minister/dictator of Spain (1923–30).

9 Jan 1995 – 25 years ago
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov became the first person to spend an entire year (366 days) in space in a single mission. (In total, his mission to the Mir space station lasted for 437 days.)

10 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
The League of Nations was established. It operated until 1946 when it was replaced by the United Nations.

11 Jan 1970 – 50 years ago
Death of Richmal Crompton, British writer. Best known for her Just William children’s stories.

12 Jan 1895 – 125 years ago
The National Trust was founded in the UK (as the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty).

13 Jan 1930 – 90 years ago
The first Mickey Mouse comic strip was published, in the New York Mirror.

14 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
Death of John Dodge, pioneering American automobile manufacturer. Co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company (now part of Fiat Chrysler) with his brother, Horace.

15 Jan 1895 – 125 years ago
Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake was performed for the first time in its current form, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. (This was a revision of an earlier version that was first performed in 1877 but was not a success. The revised version has become one of the world’s most popular ballets.)

16 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
Prohibition began in the USA as the 18th Amendment went into effect.

17 Jan 1820 – 200 years ago
Birth of Anne Brontë, British novelist and poet. Youngest of the three Brontë sisters. Known for novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

18 Jan 1980 – 40 years ago
Death of Cecil Beaton, British photographer and theatrical designer.

19 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded.

20 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
Birth of Federico Fellini, Italian film director and screenwriter. (Died 1993.)

21 Jan 1960 – 60 years ago
Coalbrook mining disaster, Clydesdale Colliery, near Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa. 435 miners were killed when the mine collapsed because of pillar failure. It remains the worse mining disaster in South African history.

22 Jan 1970 – 50 years ago
The Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” went into service (with Pan American World Airways) on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.

23 Jan to May 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – Operation Hannibal. Germany evacuated 1.8 million civilians and military personnel across the Baltic Sea from East Prussia and the neighboring area as the Soviet Red Army advanced. This was one of the largest emergency evacuations by sea in history, with more than three times the number of people evacuated than from Dunkirk.

24 Jan 1995 – 25 years ago
Opening statements began in the O. J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Simpson was acquitted in October.)

25 Jan 1960 – 60 years ago
Payola scandal. The U.S. National Association of Broadcasters threatened to fine disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.

26 Jan 1970 – 50 years ago
The album Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel was released.

27 and 30 Jan 1820 – 200 years ago
The discovery of Antarctica. Who actually gets the credit for this is disputed. On 27th January, a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev sighted the Fimbul Ice Shelf, and this is sometimes considered the discovery of Antarctica. However, they did not sight land. This happened on 30th January when Irish sailor Edward Bransfield, a captain in the British Royal Navy, sighted the Trinity Peninsula.

28 Jan 1960 – 60 years ago
The final episode of the radio comedy series The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in the UK. (Three special episodes were broadcast in 1968, 1972 and 2001.)

29 Jan 1820 – 200 years ago
Death of George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland/United Kingdom (1760–1820). He suffered from mental illness, and his son George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) ruled as Prince Regent from 1810.

30 Jan 1920 – 100 years ago
The Mazda Motor Corporation was founded in Japan.

31 Jan 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of Bataan, Philippines. Allied victory. The strategically important peninsula was recaptured from the Japanese who had held it since April 1942. This opened up additional supply lines to U.S. troops fighting in the Battle of Manila, which was won on 3rd March.

More anniversaries:

The above list is a short extract from The Date-A-Base Book 2020. You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in the book. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com

31 newsworthy anniversaries in December 2019 (US edition)

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Here are 31 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in December 2019.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them.

Dec 1, 1919 – 100 years ago
Lady Nancy Astor became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in Britain’s House of Commons.

Dec 2, 1939 – 80 years ago
LaGuardia Airport in New York City, USA began operating (as the New York Municipal Airport).

Dec 3, 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist artist.

Dec 4, 1944 – 75 years ago
Birth of Dennis Wilson, American rock/pop musician, singer and songwriter (the Beach Boys). (Died 1983.)

Dec 5, 1999 – 20 years ago
Helen Clark took office as the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Dec 6, 1869 – 150 years ago
The Colored National Labor Union was established in the USA.

Dec 7, 1894 – 125 years ago
Death of Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat who led the building of the Suez Canal.

Dec 8, 1894 – 125 years ago
Birth of James Thurber, American humorist, cartoonist and writer.

Dec 9, 1979 – 40 years ago
The global eradication of the smallpox virus was certified.

Dec 10, 1919 – 100 years ago
US President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing the League of Nations.

Dec 11, 1844 – 175 years ago
Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, was used as an anesthetic for the first time. Horace Wells, a dentist in Hartford, Connecticut, USA administered it to a patient undergoing a tooth extraction.

Dec 12, 1939 – 80 years ago
Death of Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Best known for his swashbuckling film roles (The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro). Co-founder of United Artists. Husband of Mary Pickford. Father of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Dec 13, 1769 – 250 years ago
Dartmouth College was established in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

Dec 14, 1819 – 200 years ago
Alabama became the 22nd state of the USA.

Dec 15, 1939 – 80 years ago
The US première of the film Gone with the Wind. (Released: 17th January 1940.)

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Dec 17, 1989 – 30 years ago
The Simpsons premiered on the Fox network in the USA.

Dec 18, 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Sir John Alcock, British aviator who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic (with Arthur Whitten Brown). (Plane crash, aged 27.)

Dec 19, 1959 – 60 years ago
The first Liberty Bowl college football game was played, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn State beat Alabama 7–0.

Dec 20, 1989 to Jan 31, 1990 – 30 years ago
Operation Just Cause: the US invasion of Panama. Following Panama’s declaration of war against the USA on December 15th, the USA invaded Panama to safeguard the lives of US citizens living there, to defend democracy and human rights, to combat drug trafficking, and to protect the neutrality of the Panama Canal. Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was overthrown and taken to the USA for trial. He was later sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Dec 21, 1719 – 300 years ago
The first edition of The Boston Gazette was published. It ran until 1798.

Dec 22, 1894 – 125 years ago
The Dreyfus affair began in France when artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus was (wrongly) convicted of colluding with a foreign power and sentenced to life imprisonment. It remains one of the most notable cases of miscarriage of justice and antisemitism, and one of the biggest political scandals in France.

Dec 23, 1944 – 75 years ago
Death of Charles Dana Gibson, American graphic artist and illustrator. Best known for his Gibson Girl drawings.

Dec 24, 1979 – 40 years ago
The first European rocket, Ariane 1, was successfully launched.

Dec 25, 1944 – 75 years ago
Birth of Kenny Everett, British radio DJ, comedian and TV entertainer (The Kenny Everett Video Show and The Kenny Everett Television Show). Known for his zany humor, characters and sketches. (Died 1995.)

Dec 26, 1944 – 75 years ago
Tennessee Williams’s first successful play The Glass Menagerie was performed for the first time, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It opened on Broadway on March 31, 1945.

Dec 27, 1994 – 25 years ago
Death of Fanny Cradock, pioneering British television cook and food writer. Known for cooking in ball gowns and for her combative manner.

Dec 28, 1869 – 150 years ago
The first US patent for chewing gum was filed by William F. Semple of Ohio.

Dec 29, 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Sir William Osler, Canadian physician. Often regarded as the Father of Modern Medicine. One of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also transformed the training of medical students.

Dec 30, 1894 – 125 years ago
Death of Amelia Jenks Bloomer, American social reformer who campaigned for women’s rights and temperance. The women’s garments known as bloomers were named after her. She didn’t invent them but was their best-known advocate, and they became a symbol of women’s rights as they represented unrestricted movement.

Dec 31, 1719 – 300 years ago
Death of John Flamsteed, British astronomer. The first Astronomer Royal. Founder of the Greenwich Observatory.

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31 newsworthy anniversaries in December 2019

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Here are 31 newsworthy and notable anniversaries coming up in December 2019.

We list the anniversaries 6 months in advance so you have time to research and write about them.

1 Dec 1919 – 100 years ago
Lady Nancy Astor became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in Britain’s House of Commons.

2 Dec 1939 – 80 years ago
LaGuardia Airport in New York City, USA began operating (as the New York Municipal Airport).

3 Dec 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist artist.

4 Dec 1944 – 75 years ago
Birth of Dennis Wilson, American rock/pop musician, singer and songwriter (the Beach Boys). (Died 1983.)

5 Dec 1999 – 20 years ago
Helen Clark took office as the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand.

6 Dec 1869 – 150 years ago
The Colored National Labor Union was established in the USA.

6 Dec 1944 to 16 Jan 1945 – 75 years ago
World War II – the Battle of the Bulge (Belgium). The last major German counter-offensive of the war. Allied victory.

7 Dec 1894 – 125 years ago
Death of Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat who led the building of the Suez Canal.

8 Dec 1894 – 125 years ago
Birth of James Thurber, American humorist, cartoonist and writer.

9 Dec 1979 – 40 years ago
The global eradication of the smallpox virus was certified.

10 Dec 1919 – 100 years ago
US President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing the League of Nations.

11 Dec 1844 – 175 years ago
Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, was used as an anesthetic for the first time. Horace Wells, a dentist in Hartford, Connecticut, USA administered it to a patient undergoing a tooth extraction.

12 Dec 1939 – 80 years ago
Death of Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Best known for his swashbuckling film roles (The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro). Co-founder of United Artists. Husband of Mary Pickford. Father of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

13 Dec 1769 – 250 years ago
Dartmouth College was established in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

14 Dec 1819 – 200 years ago
Alabama became the 22nd state of the USA.

15 Dec 1939 – 80 years ago
The US première of the film Gone with the Wind. (Released: 17th January 1940.)

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17 Dec 1989 – 30 years ago
The Simpsons premiered on the Fox network in the USA.

18 Dec 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Sir John Alcock, British aviator who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic (with Arthur Whitten Brown). (Plane crash, aged 27.)

19 Dec 1959 – 60 years ago
The first Liberty Bowl college football game was played, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn State beat Alabama 7–0.

20 Dec 1989 to 31 Jan 1990 – 30 years ago
Operation Just Cause: the US invasion of Panama. Following Panama’s declaration of war against the USA on 15th December, the USA invaded Panama to safeguard the lives of US citizens living there, to defend democracy and human rights, to combat drug trafficking, and to protect the neutrality of the Panama Canal. Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was overthrown and taken to the USA for trial. He was later sentenced to 30 years in prison.

21 Dec 1719 – 300 years ago
The first edition of The Boston Gazette was published. It ran until 1798.

22 Dec 1894 – 125 years ago
The Dreyfus affair began in France when artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus was (wrongly) convicted of colluding with a foreign power and sentenced to life imprisonment. It remains one of the most notable cases of miscarriage of justice and antisemitism, and one of the biggest political scandals in France.

23 Dec 1944 – 75 years ago
Death of Charles Dana Gibson, American graphic artist and illustrator. Best known for his Gibson Girl drawings.

24 Dec 1979 – 40 years ago
The first European rocket, Ariane 1, was successfully launched.

25 Dec 1944 – 75 years ago
Birth of Kenny Everett, British radio DJ, comedian and TV entertainer (The Kenny Everett Video Show and The Kenny Everett Television Show). Known for his zany humor, characters and sketches. (Died 1995.)

26 Dec 1944 – 75 years ago
Tennessee Williams’s first successful play The Glass Menagerie was performed for the first time, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It opened on Broadway on 31st March 1945.

27 Dec 1994 – 25 years ago
Death of Fanny Cradock, pioneering British television cook and food writer. Known for cooking in ball gowns and for her combative manner.

28 Dec 1869 – 150 years ago
The first US patent for chewing gum was filed by William F. Semple of Ohio.

29 Dec 1919 – 100 years ago
Death of Sir William Osler, Canadian physician. Often regarded as the Father of Modern Medicine. One of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also transformed the training of medical students.

30 Dec 1894 – 125 years ago
Death of Amelia Jenks Bloomer, American social reformer who campaigned for women’s rights and temperance. The women’s garments known as bloomers were named after her. She didn’t invent them but was their best-known advocate, and they became a symbol of women’s rights as they represented unrestricted movement.

31 Dec 1719 – 300 years ago
Death of John Flamsteed, British astronomer. The first Astronomer Royal. Founder of the Greenwich Observatory.

More anniversaries:

You’ll find hundreds more anniversaries for each month in our Date-A-Base Book series. The 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are currently available, as PDF ebooks and in print. Find out more at ideas4writers.com