Historical Events with Unix Timestamp

Historical Event	Date	UTC	Unix
Donald Trump inaugurated as 47th president of USA.	Jan 20, 2025	2025-01-20	1737331200
Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle.	Sep 8, 2022	2022-09-08	1662595200
WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic.	Mar 11, 2020	2020-03-11	1583884800
Brexit referundum sees UK leave European Union.	Jun 23, 2016	2016-06-23	1466640000
Facebook holds IPO, taking it public.	May 12, 2012	2012-05-12	1337299200
Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan by U.S. forces.	May 2, 2011	2011-05-02	1304294400
Earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, causing Fukushima nuclear disaster.	Mar 11, 2011	2011-03-11	1299801600
Lehman Brothers collapse, triggering the global financial crisis.	Sep 15, 2008	2008-09-15	1221436800
Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast of the U.S.	Aug 29, 2005	2005-08-29	1125273600
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.	Dec 26, 2004	2004-12-26	1104019200
Terrorist attacks on the United States.	Sep 11, 2001	2001-09-11	1000166400
Princess Diana dies in Paris.	Aug 31, 1997	1997-08-31	872985600
Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa.	May 10, 1994	1994-05-10	768528000
Maastricht Treaty creates the European Union.	Nov 1, 1993	1993-11-01	752112000
Waco Siege begins in the U.S.	Feb 28, 1993	1993-02-28	730857600
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.	Jan 1, 1993	1993-01-01	725846400
Dissolution of the Soviet Union.	Dec 26, 1991	1991-12-26	693705600
Reunification of Germany.	Oct 3, 1990	1990-10-03	654912000
Iraq invades Kuwait, starting the Gulf War.	Aug 2, 1990	1990-08-02	649555200
Nelson Mandela is released from prison.	Feb 11, 1990	1990-02-11	634694400
Fall of the Berlin Wall.	Nov 9, 1989	1989-11-09	626572800
Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.	Jun 4, 1989	1989-06-04	612921600
Signing of the INF Treaty by the U.S. and Soviet Union.	Dec 8, 1987	1987-12-08	565920000
Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech in Berlin.	Jun 12, 1987	1987-06-12	550454400
Chernobyl nuclear disaster.	Apr 26, 1986	1986-04-26	514857600
Bhopal disaster in India.	Dec 3, 1984	1984-12-03	470880000
Falklands War begins between Argentina and the UK.	Apr 2, 1982	1982-04-02	386553600
Assassination of John Lennon.	Dec 8, 1980	1980-12-08	345081600
Iranian Hostage Crisis begins.	Nov 4, 1979	1979-11-04	310521600
Fall of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War.	Apr 30, 1975	1975-04-30	168048000
Yom Kippur War begins.	Oct 6, 1973	1973-10-06	118713600
Kent State shootings in the U.S.	May 4, 1970	1970-05-04	10627200
First Earth Day celebrated.	Apr 22, 1970	1970-04-22	9590400
First humans land on the moon (Apollo 11).	Jul 20, 1969	1969-07-20	-14256000
Launch of Apollo 11.	Jul 16, 1969	1969-07-16	-14601600
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.	Apr 4, 1968	1968-04-04	-55036800
My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.	Mar 16, 1968	1968-03-16	-56678400
Start of the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations.	Jun 5, 1967	1967-06-05	-81302400
Bloody Sunday, Selma to Montgomery march in the U.S.	Mar 7, 1965	1965-03-07	-152150400
Assassination of Malcolm X.	Feb 21, 1965	1965-02-21	-153360000
Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law in the U.S.	Jul 2, 1964	1964-07-02	-173577600
Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment.	Jun 12, 1964	1964-06-12	-175305600
Assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.	Nov 22, 1963	1963-11-22	-192844800
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.	Aug 28, 1963	1963-08-28	-200275200
Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.	Jun 16, 1963	1963-06-16	-206582400
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins.	Aug 13, 1961	1961-08-13	-264643200
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.	Apr 12, 1961	1961-04-12	-275270400
U-2 spy plane incident between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.	May 1, 1960	1960-05-01	-305164800
Tibetan Uprising against China.	Mar 10, 1959	1959-03-10	-341280000
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.	Jan 1, 1959	1959-01-01	-347155200
Establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC).	Jan 1, 1958	1958-01-01	-378691200
Sputnik 2 launched, carrying the first living being, Laika the dog, into space.	Nov 3, 1957	1957-11-03	-383788800
Launch of Sputnik (start of the space race).	Oct 4, 1957	1957-10-04	-386380800
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.	Dec 1, 1955	1955-12-01	-444528000
Start of the Vietnam War.	Nov 1, 1955	1955-11-01	-447120000
Start of the Algerian War of Independence.	Nov 1, 1954	1954-11-01	-478656000
U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.	May 17, 1954	1954-05-17	-493171200
Death of Joseph Stalin.	Mar 5, 1953	1953-03-05	-531014400
Queen Elizabeth II ascends the British throne.	Feb 6, 1952	1952-02-06	-564969600
Start of the Korean War.	Jun 25, 1950	1950-06-25	-616032000
Mao Zedong proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China.	Oct 1, 1949	1949-10-01	-639100800
UN adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.	Dec 10, 1948	1948-12-10	-664588800
Israel declares independence.	May 14, 1948	1948-05-14	-682732800
India gains independence from Britain.	Aug 15, 1947	1947-08-15	-706320000
Founding of the United Nations.	Oct 24, 1945	1945-10-24	-763344000
Establishment of the United Nations.	Oct 24, 1945	1945-10-24	-763344000
Japan surrenders, officially ending World War II.	Sep 2, 1945	1945-09-02	-767836800
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.	Aug 6, 1945	1945-08-06	-770169600
First successful test of an atomic bomb (Trinity Test).	Jul 16, 1945	1945-07-16	-771984000
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day, end of WWII in Europe).	May 8, 1945	1945-05-08	-777945600
Germany surrenders, ending WWII in Europe.	May 7, 1945	1945-05-07	-778032000
Adolf Hitler commits suicide.	Apr 30, 1945	1945-04-30	-778636800
Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.	Jan 27, 1945	1945-01-27	-786672000
Failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler (Operation Valkyrie).	Jul 20, 1944	1944-07-20	-803174400
D-Day, Normandy invasion during WWII.	Jun 6, 1944	1944-06-06	-806976000
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.	Dec 7, 1941	1941-12-07	-885772800
Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).	Jun 22, 1941	1941-06-22	-900288000
Dunkirk evacuation ends.	Jun 4, 1940	1940-06-04	-933379200
Germany invades Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.	May 10, 1940	1940-05-10	-935539200
World War II begins with Germany's invasion of Poland.	Sep 1, 1939	1939-09-01	-957312000
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed.	Aug 23, 1939	1939-08-23	-958089600
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass).	Nov 9, 1938	1938-11-09	-982886400
Construction begins on Hoover Dam.	Mar 1, 1936	1936-03-01	-1067817600
Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Nazi Germany.	Aug 19, 1934	1934-08-19	-1116201600
Reichstag Fire in Germany.	Feb 27, 1933	1933-02-27	-1162684800
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.	Jan 30, 1933	1933-01-30	-1165104000
Black Tuesday, stock market crash starts the Great Depression.	Oct 29, 1929	1929-10-29	-1267833600
Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.	Jan 15, 1929	1929-01-15	-1292630400
Beer Hall Putsch in Germany.	Nov 8, 1923	1923-11-08	-1456358400
Women gain the right to vote in the U.S. (19th Amendment ratified).	Aug 26, 1920	1920-08-26	-1557360000
Treaty of Versailles ends World War I.	Jun 28, 1919	1919-06-28	-1594080000
Founding of the League of Nations.	Jan 15, 1919	1919-01-15	-1608249600
Armistice ending World War I.	Nov 11, 1918	1918-11-11	-1613865600
World War I armistice signed.	Nov 11, 1918	1918-11-11	-1613865600
Execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.	Jul 17, 1918	1918-07-17	-1623974400
Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points.	Jan 8, 1918	1918-01-08	-1640390400
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.	Nov 7, 1917	1917-11-07	-1645747200
U.S. enters World War I.	Apr 6, 1917	1917-04-06	-1664323200
February Revolution begins in Russia.	Mar 8, 1917	1917-03-08	-1666828800
Battle of the Somme begins during World War I.	Jul 1, 1916	1916-07-01	-1688428800
Sinking of the Lusitania.	May 7, 1915	1915-05-07	-1724803200
Germany invades Belgium (World War I).	Aug 4, 1914	1914-08-04	-1748649600
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (beginning of World War I).	Jul 28, 1914	1914-07-28	-1749254400
Start of World War I.	Jul 28, 1914	1914-07-28	-1749254400
World War I begins.	Jul 28, 1914	1914-07-28	-1749254400
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (start of World War I).	Jun 28, 1914	1914-06-28	-1751846400
Sinking of the Titanic.	Apr 15, 1912	1912-04-15	-1821312000
Ford Model T goes into production.	Oct 1, 1908	1908-10-01	-1932940800
San Francisco earthquake.	Apr 18, 1906	1906-04-18	-2010441600
Bloody Sunday in Russia.	Jan 22, 1905	1905-01-22	-2049408000
Wright brothers' first powered flight.	Dec 17, 1903	1903-12-17	-2084140800
First successful powered flight by the Wright brothers.	Dec 17, 1903	1903-12-17	-2084140800
First Nobel Prizes awarded.	Dec 10, 1901	1901-12-10	-2147817600
Treaty of Paris signed, ending the Spanish-American War.	Dec 10, 1898	1898-12-10	-2242425600
Battle of Little Bighorn.	Jun 25, 1876	1876-06-25	-2951164800
Confederation of Canada.	Jul 1, 1867	1867-07-01	-3234729600
Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.	Apr 14, 1865	1865-04-14	-3304540800
General Robert E. Lee surrenders, ending the American Civil War.	Apr 9, 1865	1865-04-09	-3304972800
Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.	Nov 19, 1863	1863-11-19	-3348777600
Start of the Battle of Gettysburg (American Civil War).	Jul 1, 1863	1863-07-01	-3360960000
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln.	Jan 1, 1863	1863-01-01	-3376598400
Start of the American Civil War (Attack on Fort Sumter).	Apr 12, 1861	1861-04-12	-3430944000
Revolution in France begins, part of a series of European revolutions.	Feb 28, 1848	1848-02-28	-3844972800
Death of Napoleon Bonaparte.	May 5, 1821	1821-05-05	-4691260800
Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's defeat.	Jun 18, 1815	1815-06-18	-4876848000
Haiti declares independence.	Jan 1, 1804	1804-01-01	-5238518400
Reign of Terror peaks in France.	Jul 17, 1794	1794-07-17	-5536944000
Storming of the Bastille (start of the French Revolution).	Jul 14, 1789	1789-07-14	-5694969600
George Washington becomes the first U.S. president.	Apr 30, 1789	1789-04-30	-5701449600
U.S. Constitution signed.	Sep 17, 1787	1787-09-17	-5752512000
Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War.	Sep 3, 1783	1783-09-03	-5879952000
British forces surrender at Yorktown, ending the American Revolution.	Oct 19, 1781	1781-10-19	-5939049600
Surrender of British forces at Yorktown.	Oct 19, 1781	1781-10-19	-5939049600
Declaration of Independence of the United States.	Jul 4, 1776	1776-07-04	-6106060800
Battles of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolutionary War.	Apr 19, 1775	1775-04-19	-6144249600
Boston Tea Party protests British taxation.	Dec 16, 1773	1773-12-16	-6186499200
Act of Union unites England and Scotland.	May 1, 1707	1707-05-01	-8289129600
Execution of King Charles I of England.	Jan 30, 1649	1649-01-30	-10127203200
Gunpowder Plot foiled in England.	Nov 5, 1605	1605-11-05	-11491632000
Ferdinand Magellan sails through the Strait of Magellan.	Nov 28, 1520	1520-11-28	-14172019200
Martin Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses.	Oct 31, 1517	1517-10-31	-14269132800
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas.	Oct 12, 1492	1492-10-12	-15059606400

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2025-08-20