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x Eastern Front yyyy   Jun 22, 1941 May 8, 1945
The Eastern Front of World War II (German: die Ostfront 1941–1945 , der Rußlandfeldzug 1941–1945 (Russian campaign) or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign)) was a theatre of war between the European Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy,...
x Attack on Pearl Harbor   Dec 7, 1941  
The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, Operation Z, as it was called by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
x World War I WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article   Aug 1914 Nov 11, 1918
World War I (abbreviated as WW-I, WWI, or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the...
x Battle of Jutland Jutland1916   May 31, 1916 Jun 1, 1916
The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of World War I (German: Skagerrakschlacht (Battle of the Skagerrak) and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on May 31–June 1, 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, the...
x Mechanical sequence control invented     60 C.E.  
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x Battle of Verdun Battle of Verdun   Feb 21, 1916 Dec 18, 1916
The Battle of Verdun was one of the most important battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French armies from 21 February to 18 December 1916 around the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeast France. It remains one...
x Allied forces invade German Togoland     Aug 7, 1914 Aug 26, 1914
On 7 August, French and British troops invaded the German protectorate of Togoland. Togo was captured with the surrender of German forces on 26 August 1914.
x Abacus invented     2399 B.C.E.  
The abacus, the first known calculator, was invented by the Babylonians as an aid to simple arithmetic around this date. This laid the foundations for positional notation and later computing developments.
x First known use of zero     499 B.C.E.  
First known use of zero by mathematicians in ancient India around this date.
x Grammar of Sanskrit formulated     499 B.C.E.  
Indian grammarian Panini formulated the grammar of Sanskrit (in 3959 rules) known as the Ashtadhyayi which was highly systematised and technical. Panini used metarules, transformations, and recursions with such sophistication that his grammar had...
x Binary number system described     299 B.C.E.  
Indian mathematician/scholar/musician Pingala first described the binary number system which is now used in the design of essentially all modern computing equipment. He also conceived the notion of a binary code similar to the Morse code.
x Abacus invented     299 B.C.E.  
The Chinese invented the suanpan (Chinese abacus) which was widely used until the invention of the modern calculator, and continues to be used in some cultures today.
x Operation Barbarossa Original German plan      
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900...
x Battle of Stalingrad   Aug 21, 1942 Feb 2, 1943
The Battle of Stalingrad was a World War II battle between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southern Russia. The battle took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943. It is often cited...
x First Battle of Kharkov        
The 1st Battle of Kharkov so named by Wilhelm Keitel was the 1941 tactical Wehrmacht battle for the city of Kharkiv (Ukrainian SSR) during the final phase of Operation Barbarossa by the German 6th Army of the Army Group South on October 20, 1941....
x Second Battle of Kharkov The formation of the Rzhev salient during the winter of 1941-1942.      
The Second Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel was an Axis counteroffensive against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted from May 12 to May 28, 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the...
x Third Battle of Kharkov Kharkovcounteroffensive      
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkov (Russian: Харьков; Ukrainian: Харків), between 19...
x Fourth Battle of Kharkov        
The Fourth Battle of Kharkov was part of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev, the Red Army's counter-offensive following the Battle of Kursk. It was fought on in the morning of August 23, 1943 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. By 12:00 the...
x Battle of Lenino KrzyzLenino-aw      
The Battle of Lenino was a tactical World War II engagement that took place from 12 October to 13 October 1943 as part of the Spas-Demyansk offensive operation in the Duki-Ilovets direction near the town of Dribin, north of the village of Lenino in...
x Battle of the Somme Cheshire Regiment sentry, Somme, 1916      
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from 1 July to 18 November 1916, was among the largest battles of the First World War. With more than 1.5 million casualties, it is also one of the bloodiest military operations...
x First Battle of Ypres First Battle of Ypres - Map      
The First Battle of Ypres, also called the Battle of Flanders, was the last major battle of the first year of World War I (1914); actually a series of battles, starting on 19 October and ending, according to the various histories, on 13 November ...
x Second Battle of Ypres The Second Battle of Ypres      
The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time a former colonial force (Canadians) pushed back a major European power (Germans) on European soil, which...
x First operational use of jet fighter aircraft Me_262_Abandoned.jpg 2007 1944 1945
The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") was the world's first operational turbojet fighter aircraft. It was produced in World War II and saw action starting in 1944 as a multirole fighter/bomber/reconnaissance/interceptor warplane for...
x OSCON 8   Aug 22, 2008 Jul 21, 2008 Jul 25, 2008
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is an annual convention for the discussion of open source software, such as Linux, MySQL, Perl and Python. It is organized by the publisher O'Reilly Media and is held each summer in the United States.
x BlogHer        
BlogHer refers to a group blog and online community, and to an annual blogging conference for women. Three of the 2005 conference organizers, Elisa Camahort, Jory des Jardins, and Lisa Stone, began a company, Blogher LLC, which in 2006 also began a...
x OSCON 1   Aug 22, 2007 Jul 22, 2001 Jul 26, 2001
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is an annual convention for the discussion of open source software, such as Linux, MySQL, Perl and Python. It is organized by the publisher O'Reilly Media and is held each summer in the United States.
x September 11, 2001 attacks National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire      
The September 11 attacks (often referred to as 9/11, pronounced nine-eleven) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial...
x Flourish     Apr 6, 2007 Apr 7, 2007  
x Vietnam War Vietnamese village after an attack      
The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported...
x Hue An image with the hues cyclically shifted      
Hue is one of the main properties of a color described with names such as "red", "yellow", etc. The two other main properties of light are saturation, and lightness. Usually, colors with the same hue are distinguished with adjectives referring to...
x Ho Chi Minh City image:LocationVietnamHoChiMinh.png      
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh pronunciation (help·info) ) is the largest city in Vietnam. It was known as Prey Nokor (Khmer: ) before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon ...
x Artificial uterus developed   Nov 10, 2007    
An artificial womb as described in science fiction such as 'Brave New World' is a device to support the life and maturation of a human embryo, replacing normal natural pregnancy and childbirth. It may eventually be less risky for both mother and...
x Men redundant? Now we don't need women either   Nov 10, 2007 Feb 10, 2002  
Doctors are developing artificial wombs in which embryos can grow outside a woman's body. The work has been hailed as a breakthrough in treating the childless.
x Artificial Wombs        
A fetus lives in a world of bubbles. In its earliest days, it’s shaped like one. Later, it floats in one—the squishy, enveloping amniotic sac. And eventually, if all goes well, the fetus releases one bubble of fluid, then another and another, like...
x Second Battle of the Aisne          
x First Battle of the Marne      
The Battle of the Marne (also known as the Miracle of the Marne) was a First World War battle fought between the 5th and 12th of September 1914. It resulted in a Franco-British victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke...
x Second Battle of the Marne 2ndBattleOfTheMarne      
The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims (15 July to 6 August 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War I. It failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces overwhelmed the Germans,...
x Battle of the Dardanelles        
The naval Battle of the Dardanelles took place on 10-11 May 1807 during the Russo-Turkish War (1806-12, part of the Napoleonic Wars). It was fought between the Russian and Ottoman navies near the Dardanelles Strait. The Russians were victorious. As...
x First Battle of the Aisne Race to the Sea 1914      
The First Battle of the Aisne was the Allied follow-up offensive against the right wing of the German First Army (led by Alexander von Kluck) & Second Army (led by Karl von Bülow) as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in...
x Third Battle of the Aisne WesternFrontJuly15-1918      
The Third Battle of the Aisne was a German offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Force could arrive in France. It was one of a series of desperate offensives, known as the...
x Battle of Craonne Hurtebise monument1814      
The Battle of Craonne was fought on March 7, 1814, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under General Blücher. Craonne is a village on the Chemin des Dames, in the département of Aisne. Marshal Blucher had...
x Festival of Britain Stamps commemorating the Festival of Britain - note the Festival icon on the 4d issue   May 1, 1951  
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951. The official opening was on 3 May. The principal exhibition site was on the South Bank Site, London of the River Thames near Waterloo Station....