26 February, 1991 – The world's first web browser is presented to the public

The browser “WorldWideWeb” (later renamed “Nexus”) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the internet.

27 February, 1933 – Germany's parliament building is set on fire

The Nazis used the Reichstag fire to justify the harsh repression against their political opponents. The event is considered pivotal in the establishment of the Nazi Germany.

28 February, 1935 – Nylon is invented

Wallace Carothers were the first ones to produce the polymer fibre at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.

01 March, 1998 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion

James Cameron's epic account of the sinking of the Titanic ship had a budget of $200 million and grossed over an estimated amount of $2 billion in the end.

02 March, 1969 – Concorde takes off on its maiden flight

The supersonic airliner was retired in 2003, after Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after takeoff from the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25, 2000.

03 March, 1924 – The last remnant of the Ottoman empire in Turkey is abolished

The end of the Islamic caliphate marked the demise of the 600-year old empire and gave way to the formation of a reformed Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

04 March, 1918 – The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic

The disease quickly spread around the world turning it into a pandemic which as a result caused over 25 million deaths.