Did you know that raisins were called plums in the 17th century? That’s why plum pudding doesn’t contain plums. Plum pudding is an often overlooked delicacy, but luckily gets a chance to impress every year on February 12. Learn more interesting facts of history-making events that happened on this day.
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- 1502 -Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
- 1554 -Queen of England, Lady Jane Grey, was executed for treason.
- 1771 -Gustav III became the King of Sweden after the death of his predecessor, Adolf Frederick.
- 1909 -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed.
- 1912 -China adopted the Gregorian calendar.
- 1914 -Dedication ceremony for the about-to-be-constructed Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 1915 – Adolf Hitler received the relatively common Iron Cross second class for bravery in World War I.
- 1924 – Calvin Coolidge became the first U.S. president to deliver an address by radio.
- 1932 – A new record was set by racer Captain Malcolm Campbell.
- 1947 – French fashion designer Christian Dior presented his first influential collection, named the “New Look”.
- 1950 – Albert Einstein warned against the hydrogen bomb.
- 1954 – The Atomic Energy Authority was created to control the production and development of atomic energy in the UK.
- 1967 -Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful were busted for drugs.
- 1973 -As part of the Vietnam cease-fire agreement, the first U.S. prisoners of war were released by North Vietnam.
- 1994 -Thieves have stolen one of the world’s best-known paintings, (Scream by Edvard Munch circa 1893 ) from a gallery in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.
- 1995 -Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.6 seconds).
- 1998 -Intel unveiled its 1st graphics chip i740.
- 1999 -US President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.
- 1999 – A group of 20 independent international scientists reinforced warnings that genetically modified food may be damaging to human health.
- 2006 – A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States.