On this day in 1961, Alan Shepard, a 37-year-old officer of the U.S. Navy, became the first American astr ...
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1961: Alan Shepard: The First American in Space
1961: Alan Shepard: The First American in Space
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1821: Napoleon Bonaparte Dies after Confession and Communion
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte Dies after Confession and Communion
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1429: St. Joan of Arc Relieves the Besieged City of Orleans
1429: St. Joan of Arc Relieves the Besieged City of Orleans
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1900: Hitler’s Gestapo Chief was an Opponent of Nazism
1900: Hitler’s Gestapo Chief was an Opponent of Nazism
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1903: Birh of José Antonio Primo de Rivera
1903: Birh of José Antonio Primo de Rivera
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1791: James Buchanan: The President of the United States who was an Ambassador to the Russian Empire
1791: James Buchanan: The President of the United States who was an Ambassador to the Russian Empire
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1945: Hitler Dismisses the Powerful Marshal Hermann Goering
1945: Hitler Dismisses the Powerful Marshal Hermann Goering
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1915: First Mass use of Poison Gas in Warfare
1915: First Mass use of Poison Gas in Warfare