24 February - History and Importance of the Day

Estonia National day

1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain
1868 - House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson. But Senate rejected it by one vote.
1917 - Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS)
1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia
1942 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day.
1946 - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina



Birthday
Admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), USA. He commanded Allied naval, land and air forces in the South Pacific during World War II, and signed the Japanese surrender document on September 2, 1945.

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19 February - History and Importance of the Day

356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples

1634 - Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians
1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
1942 - About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1945 - Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated


Birthdays

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Considered the founder of modern astronomy, he theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.


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18 February - History and Importance of the Day

National Days Gambia, Nepal

3102 BC - Starting Day of the Kali Yuga.

1129 - Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama
1885 - Mark TWain published The Adventures of  Huckleberry Finn
http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/February-18

1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

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1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama
1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.


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