Berniece Baker, the half-sister of actress Marilyn Monroe was born on this day in 1919. They had the same mother, whose name was Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe). The moth...
On this day, in 1936, Elizabeth Dole, the wife of U.S. politician Bob Dole, was born. Interestingly, both Elizabeth Dole and Bob Dole were U.S. senators. In fact, Bob Dol...
On this day, during the American Civil War, Belle Boyd, a young woman who worked as a spy for the Confederacy, was arrested. She was born in Southern Virginia, and becam...
On this day in 1981, the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. It was a world popular media event watched by...
This day in 1945 marked a big U.S. naval disaster. Specifically, the Japanese submarine I-58 sank the USS Indianapolis, which had 1,196 men onboard. The USS Indianapolis...
On this day the American President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the document establishing NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This agency was suppose...
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, later Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the wife of U.S. President John F. Kennedy was born on this day in 1929. She was born in the city of Southampton...
Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand and the heir to the throne, was born on this day in 1952. He is supposed to become the richest king in the world (his father...