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
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.
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