Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.
2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
2nd December 2019
Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.
Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
23rd February 303: Start of Emperor Diocletian’s ‘Great Persecution’
23rd February 2020
21st February 1613: Romanov dynasty begins under Michael I of Russia
21st February 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018