Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections. Date: February 7, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Date: February 6, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament. Date: February 6, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job. Date: February 6, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. Date: February 6, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. Date: February 6, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1934 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins. Date: February 6, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. Date: February 6, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day…
The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War. Date: February 6, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)
Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. Date: February 6, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…