Category: Behind this Day

Behind History For December 31 –...

Behind History For December 31 1906 – Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906. 1907 – The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan. 1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany. 1944... Read More →

Behind History For December 30 –...

Behind History For December 30 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605. 1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East... Read More →

Behind History For December 26 –...

Behind History For December 26 1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition. 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November... Read More →

Behind History For December 24 –...

Behind History For December 24 1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the 1st  radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. 1911 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1913 – The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in... Read More →

Behind History For December 23 –...

Behind History For December 23 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System. 1914 – World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt. 1916 – World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat... Read More →

Behind History For December 19 –...

Behind History For December 19 1900 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced... Read More →

Behind History For December 18 –...

Behind History For December 18 1900 – The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic. 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under... Read More →

Behind History For December 17 –...

Behind History For December 17 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan. 1913 – A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first... Read More →

Behind History For December 16 –...

Behind History For December 16 1903 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests. 1907 – The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. 1912 – First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the... Read More →

Behind History For December 15 –...

Behind History For December 15 1906 – The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens. 1914 – World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army. 1914 – A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687. 1917 –... Read More →

Behind History For December 12 –...

Behind History For December 12 1911 – Capital of India to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi on this day. 1911 – King George V and Mary of Teck from United Kingdom are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India. 1915 – President of the Republic of China, Yuan... Read More →

Behind History For December 11 –...

Behind History For December 11 1905 – A workers’ uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic. 1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire. 1917 – World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem... Read More →

Behind History For December 10 –...

Behind History For December 10 1901 – The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. 1902 – The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for... Read More →

Behind History For December 9 –...

Behind History For December 9 1905 – In France, the law of separation church and the state is passed. 1911 – A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners in spite of all the efforts taken to rescue led by the United States Bureau of Mines. 1917 –... Read More →

Behind History For December 5 –...

Behind History For December 5 1931 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin. 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. 1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture... Read More →

Behind History For December 3 –...

Behind History For December 3 1904 – The Jovian moon (moons of jupiter) Himalia (largest irregular satellite of Jupiter) is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California’s Lick Observatory. 1910 – Modern neon (consists of brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs) lighting was 1st demonstrated by Georges Claude... Read More →

Behind History For December 1 –...

Behind History For December 1 1913 – The Buenos Aires Metro, the 1st underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America starts working. 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the 1st moving assembly line. 1913 – Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First... Read More →

Behind History For November 30 –...

Behind History For November 30 1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.... Read More →

Behind History For November 29 –...

Behind History For November 29 1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league. 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole. 1943 – World War... Read More →

Behind History For November 26 –...

Behind History For November 26 1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France (They agreed to mutually influence and control in an eventual partition of the Ottoman Empire). 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon was the 1st people to... Read More →

Behind History For November 25 –...

Behind History For November 25 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives and becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army. 1940 – World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito (British twin-engined, shoulder-winged multirole combat aircraft) and... Read More →

Behind History For November 21 –...

Behind History For November 21 1905 – Albert Einstein’s paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. 1916 – Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War. 1918 –... Read More →

Behind History For November 20 –...

Behind History For November 20 1910 – Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí (a written political document), which starts the Mexican Revolution. Publicly declares to overthrow the government under Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. 1917 – World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British... Read More →

Behind History For November 19 –...

Behind History For November 19 1912 – First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia. 1941 – World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss... Read More →

Behind History For November 12 –...

Behind History For November 12 1912 – King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its freedom from 482 years of Ottoman rule. 1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott (Royal Navy Officer) and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in... Read More →

Behind History For November 11 –...

Behind History For November 11 1911 – Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day. 1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement (Formal agreement between the warring parties to stop the fight) with the Allies in a... Read More →

Behind History For August 26 –...

Behind History For August 26 683 – Yazid I’s military executes 11,000 individuals of Medina incorporating outstanding Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. 1071 – The Seljuq Turks rout the Byzantine armed force at the Battle of Manzikert, and before long oversee the greater part of Anatolia. 1278 – Ladislaus... Read More →

Behind History For September 30 –...

Behind History For September 30 – Today in History 1915 – World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the 1st soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire. 1938 – Britain, France, Germany and Italy signed the Munich Agreement. 1939 – World War II: General Władysław... Read More →

Behind History For September 29 –...

Behind History For September 29 – Today in History 1911 – Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire. 1918 – World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica (to cease fire). 1923 – The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes place and was in effet. 1923 –... Read More →

Behind History For September 28 –...

Behind History For September 28 – Today in History 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed around 40 American soldiers, they have losted there 28 Filipino soldiers. 1912 – The Ulster Covenant (Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant) nearly around 500,000 Ulster Protestant joined the protest opposing the Third Irish... Read More →

Behind History For September 22 –...

Behind History For September 22 1910 – The Duke of York’s Picture House opens in Brighton, one of the oldest. 1914 – A German submarine sinks 3 British cruisers over a 79 period, killing almost 1500 sailors. 1919 – The steel strike of 1919 begins, led by the Amalgamated... Read More →

Behind History for September 16 –...

Behind History for September 16 1908 – The General Motors Corporation was born. 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (Poland) starts. 1931: Political prisoners in Hijli detention camp (near Kharagpur) were fired upon by the prison authorities. 2 died and multiple people were injured. 1940 –... Read More →

Behind History For September 15 –...

Behind History For September 15 668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is killed in his shower at Syracuse, Italy. 994 – Major Fatimid triumph over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the most punctual known sequential executioners, is... Read More →

Behind History For September 13 –...

Behind History For September 13 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, ruler of Rome, praises a victory for his triumphs over the Sabines, and the acquiescence of Collatia. 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is committed on the ides of September. 379... Read More →

Behind History for September 9 –...

Behind History for September 9 – Today in History 1776 – United States of America was officially named by Congress (before it was United Colonies). 1791 – The Capital of Unites States Washington, D.C., is named after President George Washington. 1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges... Read More →

Behind History For September 1 –...

Behind History For September 1 1173 – The widow Stamira penances herself so as to raise the attack of Ancona by the powers of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. 1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki. 1420 – A... Read More →

Behind History For August 25 –...

Behind History For August 25 766 – Emperor Constantine V mortifies nineteen high-positioning authorities, after finding a plot against him. He executes the pioneers, Constantine Podopagouros and his sibling Strategios. 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen gets city rights and stronghold rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of... Read More →

Behind History For August 24 –...

Behind History For August 24 367 AD – Gratian, child of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at eight years old by his father. 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the most recent known engraving in Egyptian pictographs, is written. 410 – The Visigoths under ruler Alaric I... Read More →

Behind History For August 7 –...

Behind History For August 7 322 BC – Battle of Crannon among Athens and Macedon following the passing of Alexander the Great. 626 – Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated. 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is guillotined close to the stream Iria in north-west Italy following his capture and affidavit... Read More →

Behind History For August 6 –...

Behind History For August 6 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is vanquished in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, accordingly losing its maritime strength in the Mediterranean. 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is established by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague... Read More →

Behind History For August 5 –...

Behind History For August 5 135 – Roman armed forces enter Betar, butchering thousands and finishing the bar Kokhba revolt. 642 – Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia annihilations and slaughters Oswald of Northumbria. 910 – The last significant Danish armed force to attack England for about a century... Read More →

Behind History For July 30 –...

Behind History For July 30 762 – Baghdad is founded and was designed by caliph Al-Mansur. 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast... Read More →

Behind History For June 23 –...

Behind History For June 23 1913 – Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. 1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta. 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters... Read More →

Remembering The Noble Leader Shri Rajiv...

Remembering The Noble Leader Shri Rajiv Gandhi May 21 Is The 28Th Death Anniversary of A Noble and Distinguished Leader Former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Who Helmed Liberalisation and Modernised Defence and Technology. The Visionary, who changed the story of India. [xyz-ihs snippet=”In-Article-Adsense”] [xyz-ihs snippet=”Amp-Normal-Ads”] Here... Read More →

Behind History For March 16 –...

Behind History For March 16 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford’s Tower, York. 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burned to death after the Fall... Read More →

Behind History For March 13 –...

Behind History For March 13 1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years’ War which is also called as Dutch War. 1591 – At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the... Read More →

Behind History For March 8 –...

Behind History For March 8 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. 1658... Read More →

Behind History For March 4 –...

Behind History For March 4 1908 – The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. 1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution’s Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox... Read More →

Behind History For March 3 –...

Behind History For March 3 1910 – Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy. 1913 – Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. 1918 – Russia signs the Treaty... Read More →

Behind History For February 21 –...

Behind History For February 21 1913 – Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. 1916 – World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. 1918 – The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. 1919 – German socialist Kurt Eisner... Read More →

Behind History For February 20 –...

Behind History For February 20 1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. 1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. 1913 – King O’Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of... Read More →

Behind History For February 19 –...

Behind History For February 19 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes the 34th President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest the shortest presidency in the history of the world. 1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task... Read More →

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Behind History For January 15 –...

Behind History For January 15 1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time,... Read More →

Behind History For January 3 –...

Behind History For January 3 1911 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. 1911 – A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. 1913 – An... Read More →

Behind History For January 2 –...

Behind History For January 2 1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. 1920 – The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results... Read More →

Behind History for January 1 –...

Behind History For January 1 – New Year History 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate. 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister. 1902 –... Read More →

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November – 28 November 18 is the 332nd day of the year (333nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining for the end of the year. Events 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy (French Region) adopts and makes Childebert II as... Read More →

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History Behind This Day | Back to 18-Nov | Today in History November 18 is the 322st day of the year (323nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining for the end of the year. Events 326 – The old St. Peter’s Basilica is... Read More →

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History Behind This Day November 17 | Indian History November 17 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days left for the end of the year. Events 794 – Japanese Emperor Kammu shifts his residence from Nara to... Read More →

Behind History For November 16 –...

Behind History For November 16 November 16 is the 320th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining to end this year. What is on the 16th of November? 534 – Justinian I, Emperor of Eastern Roman (Byzantine) in Constantinople,... Read More →

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November – 15 | Indian History November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year What happened in India on 15 November? 15-November-1621 – Jahangir captured Kakda Fort. 15-November-1817 –... Read More →

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20th October is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 72 days more to complete this year. What happened in India on 20 October? 20-October-1752 – The grateful Wazir motivated the emperor to make Badan Singh the ‘Raja’ with the title of... Read More →