Egyptian president Sadat was a thorn in the side of Arab ultra-nationalists due to his peacemaking actions in Palestine. For his efforts in reconciling the Arabs and Jews...
Nazi physician Leonardo Conti died on this day in 1945. He is most known for holding the high-ranking title of “Reich Health Leader” during Hitler’s time in power....
Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito’s possible successor was was sentenced to seven years imprisonmen...
On this day in 1986, The Sunday Times published an article titled “Revealed: The Secrets of Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal”. The article was in fact a report...
After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the first round of elections (i.e. 1% less than was required), and tha...
On this day in 1955, Juscelino Kubitschek won the Brazilian presidential elections. He remains one of the most important presidents in Brazilian history to this day. Duri...
On this day in 1908, the first edition of the well-known communist newspaper, Pravda, was published in Vienna. The leading figure in these efforts was Leon Trotsky, who w...
Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1959. The monk Talduwe Somarama was persuaded to do so due to the...