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Historical events from February 1 to 15
Discoveries and moments that revolutionized humanity, with new forms of entertainment, technology and communication.
February 1st
1900: Pablo Picasso presents the first exhibition of drawings in Barcelona in the modernist tavern Els Quatre Gats.
February 4th
1927: Premiere of the film The Jazz Singer, by Warner Bross, the first sound film in history.
1938: The Walt Disney Company releases its first film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
February 5th
1852: Inauguration of the Heritage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1887: Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Otello premieres in Milan, Italy.
February 6th
1833: Samuel Morse publicly presents his invention of the electric telegraph.
February 7th
1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the invention of the telephone, an idea he took from Antonio Meucci.
2011: Helenita Vargas, Colombian singer, dies.
February 9th
1863: The creation of the Red Cross is decided in Geneva, Switzerland.
February 11th
1938 – The BBC produces the world’s first science fiction television programme.
February 12th
1891: The newspaper El Espectador reappears, after being suspended in 1888.
1931: Pope Pius XI inaugurates Vatican Radio.
February 13th
1867: Premiere in Vienna of The Blue Danube, by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss.
1967: The National Library of Spain discovers almost 700 pages with hand drawings and manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci.
February 15th
1902: Inauguration of the aerial and underground metro in Berlin, Germany.
1946: ENIAC, the first electronic computer, is introduced.
2004: the film The Lord of the Rings, the return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson, wins the BAFTA award for best British film.
Article by:
Jackeline Gonzalez L.
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