The wife of Mao Tse-tung, known as Madame Mao in the West, died on this day in 1991. She used many names during her life due to her artistic career, and revolutionary eve...
On this day in 1948, the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel was solemnly proclaimed in a museum in Tel Aviv, where a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the founde...
This day in 1948 marked the death of Kathleen Kennedy, the sister of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She was the fourth child in the family (John was the second child...
Maria Theresa, ruler of Hungary-Croatia and the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions, was born on this day in 1717. Her father was Emperor Charles VI, the last ma...
On this day in 1779, Austria became the “owner” of the Hitler’s native land. It is the area which is known as the “Innviertel”, named after the Inn Rive...
On this day in 1960, the agents of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad (responsible for the external security of Israel), in cooperation with the agents of Shin Bet se...
J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation on this day in 1924. First, the bureau was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). It was renamed i...
On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At the time, the country was relatively young (about twenty years e...