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What was going on today in the past? 27.02. 1933 Nazi Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, is destroyed by fire, possibly set by the Nazis, who blame and execute Dutch communist

25.02.1862 In the USA the first paper note was put into circulation.

25.02 • 1901: Financier J.P. Morgan incorporated U.S. Steel Corporation, creating the world’s first billion-dollar company and a cornerstone of American industrial power.

Facts of the day in the past … What was going on 26.02? 26.02.1616 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun

26.02.1797 The bank of England introduce the first 1 pound note !!

26.02.-1815 Napoleone leave Elba island to start a 100 days re conquest of France.

26.02. 1991 Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, killing hundreds and creating the so-called 'Highway of Death' during the Gulf War.

Today in the past 25.02 what are the highlights? 1836 Samuel Colt patents the first practical revolving-cylinder, multi-shot revolver, allowing it to fire multiple shots without reloading

More about today 24.02 Feb. 24–25, 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles, or the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, was , incident where U.S. forces fired over 1,400 anti-aircraft shells at mysterious, unidentified objects over L.A.

24.02.1946 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina

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2022 Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine

24.021582 Creation of the Gregorian Calendar by Pope Gregory XIII

1525 Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's troops defeat the French, killing or wounding 5,000 and capturing French King Francis I

23.02.1967 Jimi Hendrix at Worthing Pier live

More about the 23.02 … 1998 Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders

23.02.1904 The United States gained control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million, paving the way for the construction of the Panama Canal.

Feb 1917: The February Revolution kicked off in Russia (using the Julian calendar at the time; it was March in the Gregorian calendar). Massive strikes, protests, and military mutinies in Petrograd led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II days later, ending centuries of Romanov

23.02.1836 The battle of Alamo started today and lasted for 13 days ..