On this day in 1991 the then-highest human structure in the world, approximately 646 meters high radio mast near Warsaw, collapsed. Only one structure higher than that of...
On this day in 1987 American swimmer Lynne Cox became the first person to swim from the USA to the USSR. At the time she was 30 years old. Her swim lasted two hours and f...
On this day in 1947 an expedition led by Thor Heyerdahl finished its famous journey on the Kon-Tiki raft. By that expedition, Heyerdahl wanted to prove that it was possib...
On this day in 1714, the Imperial Russian Navy achieved its first major victory at the Battle of Gangut, during the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden. The batt...
The Ivory Coast, a state in Africa, gained its independence on this day in 1960 French is still the official language in that country, and its formal name is „République...
French citizen Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours died on this day in 1817. His descendants became one of the wealthiest families in world history. Namely, according to the...
On this day the electric chair was for the first time in history used as a method of execution. On it died William Kemmler, sentenced for murdering his wife with an ax. T...
On this day in 1806, Emperor Francis II (Empress Maria Theresa’s grandson) abdicated and thus abolished the Holy Roman Empire. It was the end of a thousand-year empire si...