the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_embeddings huggingface dataset:
February 23 
 2018 - One of the biggest surprises occurs in Olympic sport occurs, when Germany defeats Canada 4-3 in their men's ice hockey semi-final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
February 25 
 493 - Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great.
February 25 
 1336 - 4,000 defenders of the Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
February 25 
 1831 - Battle of Oloynka Grochowska, part of the Polish November Uprising against the Russian Empire.
February 25 
 1843 - Provisional Cessation of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands is established by Lord George Paulet.
February 25 
 1848 - The Provisional Government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers right.
February 25 
 1912 - Marie-Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, at age 17, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
February 25 
 1917 – The British steamship RMS Laconia is sunk by a German U-boat off the south coast of Ireland, killing 12 people.
February 25 
 1921 – Tbilisi, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
February 25 
 1941 - February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increased anti-Jewish measures by the Nazis.
February 25 
 1964 – Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, becomes heavyweight boxing champion, defeating Sonny Liston.
February 25 
 1969 - In Prague, Jan Zajic sets himself on fire in an act of protest against the Communist government.
February 25 
 1986 – People Power Revolution: In the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos is forced to resign after a rule of over 20 years.
February 25 
 1991 – Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits a US military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 reservists from Pennsylvania.
February 25 
 1994 – In the West Bank town of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian worshippers, before being killed.
February 25 
 1997 - Yi Han-yong, a North Korean defector, is murdered by unidentified assailants in Bundang, South Korea.
February 25 
 2011 – The Fianna Fail-led government in the Republic of Ireland, under Brian Cowen, suffers a heavy defeat in the general election.
February 25 
 1778 – Jose de San Martin, Argentine independence leader, hero in many South American countries (d. 1850)
February 26 
 1266 - Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily.
February 26 
 1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After defeat in the Northern Wars, King Frederick III of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly a third of territory to Sweden.
February 26 
 1852 – The troop transporter Birkenhead of the Royal Navy sinks off South Africa, killing 450 of the 643 people on board.
February 26 
 1876 - Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state to Qing Dynasty China.
February 26 
 1885 - The Berlin Africa Conference takes place, deciding the colonial boundaries in Africa, between different European colonial powers.
February 26 
 1909 - Kinemacolor, the first successful color movie process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
February 26 
 1936 – February 26 Incident: Japanese military officers stage a military coup against the government.
February 26 
 1960 - A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after take-off, killing 34 of the 52 people on board.
February 26 
 1966 - Vietnam War; The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians.
February 26 
 1971 - U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the Spring Equinox (March 20/21) as Earth Day.
February 26 
 1990 – The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections, also meaning that Violeta Chamorro becomes Nicaragua's first female President.
February 26 
 1991 – The Gulf War ends when Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of all Iraqi troops in Kuwait.
February 26 
 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: A bomb explodes in a car park under the North Tower of New York City's World Trade Center, killing 6 people, and injuring over 1,000.
February 26 
 2004 – Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski dies in a plane crash near Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
February 26 
 2012 - Shooting of Trayvon Martin: African American teenager Trayvon Martin is shot dead by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Florida.
February 26 
 1918 - Otis R. Bowen, 44th Governor of Indiana and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2013)
February 27 
 907 - Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, creating the Liao Dynasty in Northern China.
February 27 
 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, expelling the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
February 27 
 1626 - Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese to a great victory over the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
February 27 
 1700 – The island of New Britain is first reached by a European, on an expedition led by William Dampier.
February 27 
 1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
February 27 
 1782 - American Revolutionary War: The British House of Commons votes against further war in America.
February 27 
 1812 – Near the city of Rosario, Manuel Belgrano raises what later develops into the Flag of Argentina.
February 27 
 1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in New York City that contributes to him being elected US President.
February 27 
 1864 – American Civil War: The first northern prisoners arrive the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
February 27 
 1900 - Second Boer War: In South Africa, British officers receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 27 
 1916 - British passenger steamer Maloja is sunk by a German U-boat two miles from Dover, killing 155 people.
February 27 
 1925 - Adolf Hitler re-founds the Nazi Party in Munich, ordering it to be built up on a national level.
February 27 
 1932 - Nature magazine releases an article by James Chadwick, describing the existence of the neutron.
February 27 
 1951 – The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, limiting the US President to two terms in office.
February 27 
 1962 - Two dissident Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to kill South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem.
February 27 
 1995 - A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan kills around 100 people and injures over 150.
February 27 
 2004 - The initial version of the John Jay Report is released into the Catholic sex abuse scandal in the United States.
February 27 
 2010 – 2010 Cauquenes earthquake: A major magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Chile, killing around 500 people.
February 27 
 2015 - Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov is shot dead by an unknown assailant shortly before midnight.
February 27 
 1917 – John Connally, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1993)
February 28 
 1246 - The Siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista, resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaén.
February 28 
 1700 – In Sweden, this date is followed by March 1 instead of February 29, creating the Swedish calendar.
February 28 
 1710 - Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jorgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally-sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
February 28 
 1813 - In a treaty with Russia, Prussia changes sides from that of Napoleon Bonaparte to that of the coalition against him.
February 28 
 1827 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, offering commercial transportation of both people and freight, the first US railroad to do so.
February 28 
 1835 – The Kalevala, Finland's national epic, compiled by Elias Lönnrot, is published for the first time.
February 28 
 1844 - A gun on USS Princeton explodes on a Potomac River cruise, including two united States cabinet members.
February 28 
 1847 - The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican-American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
February 28 
 1849 - Regular steamboat service between the east and west coasts of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, over four months after it left New York City Harbor.
February 28 
 1890 - In the Torres Strait, between Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea, the ship HMS Quetta sinks after a rock collision, killing 134 people.
February 28 
 1939 - The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
February 28 
 1948 - A British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen in Accra, then-Gold Coast, present-day Ghana, killing 3, and sparking major riots.
February 28 
 1953 – James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA.
February 28 
 1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky, hits a wrecker truck and plunges into the Lerisa Fork River, killing 26 children and the driver.
February 28 
 1972 - The United States and the People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communique in a step towards improving their diplomatic relations.
February 28 
 1974 - The United Kingdom General Election ends without either the Labour or Conservative Parties winning a parliamentary majority.
February 28 
 1985 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing 9 officers.
February 28 
 1993 - The standoff lasting until April 19 at the compound of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas begins.
February 28 
 2010 – The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver end with host nation Canada winning the most gold medals.
February 28 
 1926 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet-born American defector, writer and daughter of Joseph Stalin (d. 2011)
March 1 
 1476 - Battle of Toro: Forces of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V of Portugal and the future-John II of Portugal.
March 1 
 1562 – Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
March 1 
 1628 – Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
March 1 
 1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
March 1 
 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America.
March 1 
 1694 - A major storm in the Strait of Gibraltar sinks a total of nine ships, including seven English warships, killing 823 people.
March 1 
 1700 – Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar, then reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and then introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
March 1 
 1836 – A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
March 1 
 1845 – US President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
March 1 
 1854 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg.
March 1 
 1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
March 1 
 1870 - The death of President Francisco Solano Lopez of Paraguay ends the War of the Triple Alliance.
March 1 
 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, start production of the first practical typewriter.
March 1 
 1879 - War of the Pacific: Bolivia declares war on Chile after its occupation of the port city of Antofagasta.
March 1 
 1910 - The deadliest avalanche in US history buries a Great Northern Railway train in Wellington, Northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
March 1 
 1921 - The Australian cricket team wins all of its games in The Ashes series against England, while being captained by Warwick Armstrong.
March 1 
 1941 – W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
March 1 
 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.
March 1 
 1954 – Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
March 1 
 1954 – Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
March 1 
 1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
March 1 
 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
March 1 
 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
March 1 
 1969 – During a performance at Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium, Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during the show.
March 1 
 1971 – A bomb explodes in a men's room in the White House; the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
March 1 
 1971 – Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
March 1 
 1972 – The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
March 1 
 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
March 1 
 1979 - In a devolution referendum, a majority of voters in Scotland support the proposal for more powers, but this is rejected because of a low turnout.
March 1 
 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
March 1 
 1995 – Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
March 1 
 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
March 1 
 2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
March 1 
 2004 – Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and accomplice to the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh starts his trial in McAlester, Oklahoma.
March 1 
 2006 – The English-language Wikipedia publishes its 1,000,000th article, on Jordanhill Railway Station in Scotland.
March 1 
 2006 - The Senedd building in Cardiff, housing the Welsh National Assembly, is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
March 1 
 2007 - A tornado outbreak in the Southern United States kills 20 people, including 8 at a High School in Enterprise, Alabama.
March 1 
 2018 - Carles Puigdemont gives up in his attempt to be reinstated as President of Catalonia, having been removed from this office by the Spanish government following the region's disputed referendum on independence from Spain in October 2017, and the resulting declaration of independence.
March 1 
 1914 - Gilbert-Elliot-Murray-Kyrnynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, 8th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1845)
March 2 
 1476 - Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in the Canton of Neuchâtel.
March 2 
 1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by a Royal Charter, signed by King Richard III of England.
March 2 
 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia, James Wright, and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of Rice Boats.
March 2 
 1811 - Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolas.
March 2 
 1818 - Italian adventurer Giovanni Battista Belzani re-discovers the tomb in the Chephren Pyramid in Egypt, though he finds it empty.
March 2 
 1861 - The Dakota Territory is created, covering the current states of North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
March 2 
 1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes is declared the winner of the 1876 US Presidential election, despite Samuel J. Tilden winning the popular vote.
March 2 
 1903 - In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel opens, the first hotel only to cater for women.
March 2 
 1943 – World War II: In the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, US and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
March 2 
 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II airplane at Fort Worth, Texas, after flying non-stop around the world in 94 hours and 1 minute.
March 2 
 1965 - United States and South Vietnamese Air Forces begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
March 2 
 1978 – Czechoslovakian Vladimir Remek becomes the first human in space who is neither Soviet or American.
March 2 
 1983 – Compact Discs and Compact Disc players are released in the United States, though they were already available in Japan.
March 2 
 1989 - 12 European Community nations agree to ban the production of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
March 2 
 1992 – San Marino joins the UN, along with the former Soviet States of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
March 2 
 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has an ocean of liquid water under a thick crust of ice.
March 2 
 1998 – In Austria, 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch is kidnapped by Wolfgang Priklopil and is held in captivity until her escape in 2006, after which Priklopil commits suicide.
March 2 
 2000 – Former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet is allowed to return home after the United Kingdom refused to extradite him to Spain on torture charges.
March 2 
 2004 – In the US, John Kerry becomes the Democrats' candidate for the US Presidential election, which he loses to George W. Bush eight months later.
March 2 
 2008 – Dmitry Medvedev is elected President of Russia, due to Vladimir Putin's term limits, though Putin becomes Prime Minister.
March 2 
 2017 - Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are held after the collapse of the power-sharing government.
March 2 
 2019 - The SpX-DM1 space mission is launched; it is the first United States-launched manned mission since 2011.
March 9 
 141 BC - Liu Che, known after his death as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne of the Han Dynasty in China.
March 9 
 1566 – David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
March 9 
 1781 - American War of Independence: The Spanish Infanteria de Marina under command of Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid occupy Pensacola, Florida.
March 9 
 1847 - Mexican-American War: The first large amphibious (in-water) assault  in US history begins in Veracruz, Mexico.
March 9 
 1848 - The Bundestag in Frankfurt declares black, red and gold as the official German national colours.
March 9 
 1862 - American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads in the first battle between two iron-clad warships.
March 9 
 1908 – In Italy, Inter Milan football club is founded by angry members of the Milan Cricket and Football Club, which only allows Italian nationals to participate.
March 9 
 1933 - Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
March 9 
 1944 – World War II: Soviet Air Forces conduct a heavy bombing of Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.
March 9 
 1946 - Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster in Burnden Park, Bolton, northwest England, kills 33 people.
March 9 
 1954 - CBS programme See It Now, reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy, is broadcast, contributing to the end of the McCarthy Era.
March 9 
 1956 – The Soviet military suppresses mass demonstrations in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time.
March 9 
 1957 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Andreanof Islands off Alaska, and triggers a Pacific-wide tsunami.
March 9 
 1967 - Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15 aircraft, crashes into Concord Township, Ohio, following a collision with a Beechcraft Baron aircraft, killing 26 people.
March 9 
 1977 - Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour stand-off, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, DC buildings, killing 2 people and taking 149 hostage.
March 9 
 1984 - Tim Witherspoon wins the Heavyweight Boxing Title, defeating Greg Page in Las Vegas, on points.
March 9 
 1990 - Antonia Novello becomes the first female, and first Hispanic American, to become Surgeon General of the United States.
March 9 
 1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen during the day in China, Mongolia and Siberia, as an eclipse also occurs.
March 9 
 2015 - Villa Castelli helicopter crash: Two helicopters involved in a French Reality TV programme collide over western Argentina, killing 10 people, including 3 of France's most famous sportspeople.
March 10 
 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
March 10 
 298 - Roman Emperor Maximian completes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphant entry to Carthage in present-day Tunisia.
March 10 
 1496 – Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
March 10 
 1607 - Susenyos defeats combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
March 10 
 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
March 10 
 1792 - Huguenot Jean Calas, wrongly convicted for killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities.
March 10 
 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
March 10 
 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
March 10 
 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
March 10 
 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
March 10 
 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
March 10 
 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
March 10 
 1902 – Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
March 10 
 1906 – Europe's worst mining disaster occurs at Courrieres, northern France, as 1,099 miners are killed.
March 10 
 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
March 10 
 1959 - Tibetan Uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by the Government of the People's Republic of China, 300,000 Tibetans surround Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.