The document in which the name of Austria is mentioned for the first time in history has been dated to today’s date in 996. The original term was Ostarrichi and comes fro...
On this day in 1999, first Croatian president Dr. Franjo Tuđman made his last public appearance. It was All Saints’ Day. Croatian president Franjo Tuđman appeared a...
On this day in 1864, Nevada was recognized as a U.S. state, thus becoming the 36th state in the USA. It is interesting to note that the American Civil War was still in fu...
American Charles Taze Russell, founder of the movement which became the Jehovah’s Witnesses, died on this day in 1916. Charles Taze Russell was born in the town of...
On this day in 1922, Benito Mussolini officially became the Italian prime minister. He achieved this after the famous “March on Rome” in late October 1922, which spurred...
Maximilian Njegovan was born on this day to a Croatian family in Zagreb. His family had a long tradition of producing professional soldiers. He graduated at the Naval Aca...
Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was killed on this day by two of her Sikh bodyguards. This was done in reprisal for the Indian Army...
On this day it was decided that Stalin’s body was to be removed from Lenin’s Mausoleum, where it was interred together with that of the first Soviet leader, V...