On this day the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying his military plane on a reconnaissance mission during World War II....
A famous scandal occurred in medieval France on this day in 1451. Namley, King Charles VII ordered the arrest of Jacques Coeur – one of the richest and most powerf...
On this day in 54 BC, Aurelia Cotta, the mother of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, died. She was born in the year 120 BC and married Caesar’s father, who was a Ro...
In Vietnam, Nixon stayed only five and a half hours and met with South Vietnamese President Nguyenov Van Thieu. On July 30, 1969, President Nixon paid an unexpected visit...
Interestingly, Marilyn Monroe only found out about her half-sister’s existence at the age of 19. On July 30, 1919, Berniece Baker, half-sister of actress Marilyn Monroe,...
After leaving Vietnam, he lived in exile, mostly in southern France, and also in the Principality of Monaco. He allegedly had one of the largest yachts in the port of Mon...
The USS Indianapolis was a heavy cruiser of the Portland class, 190 meters long and with a displacement of about 10,000 tons. Just before the sinking, it transferred to t...
An extensive investigation was soon conducted, involving the FBI as the executive U.S. federal institution to conduct criminal investigations. Former American union leade...