On this day in 1862, an admiral’s rank was awarded for the first time in the history of the United States. It was created for famous David Farragut, a hero of the U...
On this day one of the greatest military leaders in history, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finally surrendered. His previous surrender in 1814, when he ended up o...
On this day in 1970, U.S. General Leslie Groves died. He had a major role during World War II as a project manager in constructing the first US nuclear bomb (the Manhatta...
A very dramatic event in the history of Scotland took place on this day. The British were able to capture the Scottish King William I, known under the nickname “The...
On this day, in 1864, one of the most dramatic battles of the American Civil War began. Namely, in the Battle of Fort Stevens, the Southern army clashed with Northerners...
On this day in 1940, a Parliament meeting of great significance that voted for the transfer of power to the so-called Vichy government of Marshal Philippe Pétain took pla...
The famous writer Ernest Hemingway, as a young man, accepted the invitation for recruitment organized by the American Red Cross during World War I. He became an ambulanc...
On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the Sarajevo assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand pr...