Britain Repeals the Stamp Act
On March 18, 1766, British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
On March 18, 1766, British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
Politician John Foster Dulles was born on February 25, 1888 in Washington, D.C.
On February 16, 1945, the first of 7,000 American troops arrived at Corregidor, ready to retake the important Pacific outpost.
On February 9, 1943, the Allies claimed a major victory and marked the end of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
On February 6, 1778, Delegates of King Louis XVI of France and the Second Continental Congress signed a Treaty of Alliance, promising military support to each other.
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, marking the beginning of the end of the Holocaust.
On January 22, 1901, the longest-reigning British monarch up to that time, Queen Victoria, died.
On December 24, 1914, soldiers from both sides engaged in a truce for the Christmas holiday. For a short time, German and British troops laid down their arms and became friends instead of enemies.
On December 18, 1918, war-torn and recently independent Latvia issued its first stamps, printed on the back of German military maps.