On this day died the famous British politician Sir Robert Peel, after whom British police officers got their nickname (“Bobbies“). Namely, Sir Robert, as Hom...
On this day in the year 69, Roman troops in Egypt elected Vespasian as the Roman emperor. This took place during the tumultuous era after the death of Nero, in which ther...
On this day in 1997, Great Britain ceremoniously transferred the sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. The reason for the return of Hong Kong to C...
On this day the signal for help when in trouble, today known as the SOS signal, was adopted throughout the world. It is a combination of short and long Morse signals in t...
On this day in 1945, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the staff of the Führerbunker in Berlin heard a loud gunshot from Hitler’s study. After waiting a few minutes, one of Hit...
On this day, members of the Assassin sect killed the reigning King of Jerusalem Conrad of Montferrat. It was the era of the Third Crusade, when the Christian knights foug...
On this day, the bloodthirsty Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II was finally ousted. He had earned his nicknames “Bloody” and “Damned” mostly because of the terrible massacres...
The castle was the property of the Eltz family for centuries, and is still owned by a descendant of one of its branches. This day in 1965 marked the issuing of West Germa...