On this day In History Trivia - Viewing Events... | Free Quiz Questions | Trivia Quiz Resources | Free Pub Quiz Questions

On this day in history

On this day in History Archives

At PaulsQuiz.com we aim to provide you with as much information as we possibly can. That's why we have built our On This Day in History section, to do just that. Our database is forever growing, we're adding more and more events from history to help you write your quiz questions. Simply enter a date using the drop-down boxes below and click the 'Go' button to display events from the past that ocurred on that day.

	Navigation « Prev Month \| Next Month » < Prev Day \| Next Day > Today

08 February, 2006

Palestinians attack Temporary International Presence in Hebron offices in Hebron; International observers end decade-long presence.

08 February, 2005

Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire.

08 February, 1998

First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

08 February, 1996

The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

08 February, 1996

The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.

08 February, 1993

General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

08 February, 1989

An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144.

08 February, 1986

1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world.

08 February, 1979

Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.

08 February, 1978

Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.

08 February, 1974

After 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab return to Earth.

08 February, 1974

Military coup in Upper Volta.

08 February, 1971

The Nasdaq stock market index debuts.

08 February, 1969

The last weekly issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits magazine stands.

08 February, 1968

American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students.

08 February, 1963

Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

08 February, 1962

Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.

08 February, 1960

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

08 February, 1955

The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.

08 February, 1949

Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.

08 February, 1943

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Army encircles the troops of Paulus. The Germans surrender.

08 February, 1943

World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - United States forces defeat Japanese troops.

08 February, 1936

Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.

08 February, 1924

Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.

08 February, 1922

President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.

08 February, 1918

The Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time.

08 February, 1915

D.W. Griffiths controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

08 February, 1910

The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.

08 February, 1904

Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

08 February, 1900

British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.

08 February, 1887

The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

08 February, 1879

Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

08 February, 1867

The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

08 February, 1865

In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)

08 February, 1855

The Devils Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.

08 February, 1849

New Roman Republic established.

08 February, 1837

Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.

08 February, 1817

Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.

08 February, 1807

Battle of Eylau - Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.

08 February, 1726

The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.

08 February, 1693

The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.

08 February, 1692

A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.

08 February, 1622

King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.

08 February, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed.

08 February, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.

08 February, 1575

Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis".

08 February, 421

Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

Results 1 - 47 of 47

<< Start < Prev 1 Next > End >>

Choose another day in history
January	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
February	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29
March	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
April	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30
May	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
June	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30
July	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
August	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
September	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30
October	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31
November	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30
December	01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31