The Viscount de Turenne was given the title of Marshal of France, and was later promoted even to Marshal General. This highest possible title in the French Royal Army has been awarded only a few times in history. On July 27, 1675, the French military...
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi was known for the wealth already accumulated by his father, the first Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown by Iranian revolutionaries in 1979, and Ayatollah Khomeini took power. Shah went into exile,...
On July 27, 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland, a British early aircraft designer, entrepreneur and pilot, was born. Already in his twenties he began work on the construction of his first spacecraft, just a few years after the first flight of the famous Wri...
Interestingly, the command of the British occupation zone in Austria was located in the famous Schönbrunn Castle, which was once ruled by Empress Maria Theresa. On July 27, 1955, the occupation of Austria by Allied forces, which had lasted since 1945...
The pilot and co-pilot of the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter managed to save themselves at the last minute using ejection seats, and the plane hit the ground and exploded, killing many people. On July 27, 2002, the largest accident at an air show in world hist...
On July 27, 1890, the painter Vincent Van Gogh was wounded by a bullet in the small town of Auvers-sur-Oise in France. That injury led to his death two days later, at the age of just 37. For a long time, it was thought that Van Gogh shot himself, ie...
Interestingly, Salazar was chosen by Portuguese citizens as the Greatest Portuguese in history in a 2007 poll. His regime, despite its austerity, seemed to be quite successful. António de Oliveira Salazar was the Portuguese Prime Minister for many ye...
On July 27, 1377, the Grand Council of the Republic of Dubrovnik decided to open a quarantine to isolate travelers coming from areas infected with the disease. This is the first known case of opening quarantine in Europe and that is why this Dubrovni...
On this day in 1694, the Bank of England was established. It is the central bank of the UK, which conducts the country's monetary policy and issues British Pounds banknotes. It is interesting to note that it had been a private bank till 1946, when it...
On this day in 1865, a group of 153 settlers from Wales arrived in Argentina. They landed with a ship in the harbor called Puerto Madryn in Patagonia. These were mostly whole families with children, and their settlement was named "Y Wladfa", which me...
On this day in 1940, the first Bugs Bunny cartoon was premiered. It was titled A Wild Hare, and the famous line "What's up, Doc?" was then used for the first time. It is particularly interesting that the film A Wild Hare was even nominated for an Osc...
The famous Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier reached Japan on this day in 1549. Namely, he sailed from Lisbon back in 1541 on a long journey towards India with the aim of spreading the Christian faith. He preached in areas of present-day Indonesia...
On this day in 1675, French military commander Turenne was killed in the Battle of Salzbach in Germany. He was a member of the famous La Tour d'Auvergne dynasty, which had the status of so-called “foreign prince” in France (French: Prince étranger)....
On this day the important American federal investigating agency FBI was established. Interestingly, it was founded by none other than one Prince of Napoleon’s Bonaparte dynasty. It was Charles Joseph Bonaparte, grandson of Napoleon's youngest broth...
On this day in 1945, parts of the U.S. nuclear bomb, which would be thrown on Hiroshima, were brought to Tinian Island by the American cruiser USS Indianapolis. It was the first atomic bomb used for military purposes. Tinian Island is located in the...
The former Greek King Otto died in the German city of Bamberg on this day in 1867. He was the first king of Greece in Modern Times. It is interesting to note that he became the King of Greece in 1832, although he was a German and a Catholic. It is al...
On this day Archduke Maximilian Francis, Archbishop and Elector Spiritual of Cologne, died. He was the youngest child of the famous Empress Maria Theresa, meaning that he was also the brother of Emperor Joseph II (known from Mozart's life story), and...
On this day Japanese Field Marshal Shunroku Hata was born - one of only five of Imperial Japanese Army officers with a marshal's rank during World War II. Indeed, two of them were imperial princes, and the other three with this highest title, along w...
On this day, one of the worst aviation accidents in history happened and it largely determined the fate of supersonic flights in the upcoming decades. Specifically, a supersonic Concorde aircraft crashed for the first and only time in history. Only 2...
On this day the famous American actor Rock Hudson announced to the press that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. This caused a great sensation, because AIDS was at that time (1985) a not well-known disease, and was mainly linked to homosexuals. Rock Hu...
This day in 1943 marked one of the most famous events in Italian history. On this day, the Italian King deposed Benito Mussolini, who had been the fascist Duce and the head of the Italian government at the time. His decision was something akin to an...
On this day in 1959, the first practical hovercraft model SR.N1 (short for Saunders-Roe Nautical 1) crossed the English Channel. It was designed by Christopher Cockerell, and manufactured by the British company Saunders-Roe. It is interesting that th...
On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th century, was born. Balfour came from a wealthy Scottish family. At the age of 21, he inherited a large fortune, so he became one of the richest youn...
On July 24, 1922, the League of Nations confirmed the British mandate in Palestine, over territory that had belonged to the Ottoman Empire before World War I. The United Kingdom had already managed to occupy Palestine during that war, but the League...
The prevailing opinion today is that Machu Picchu was not a city in the classical sense of the word but served as an imperial estate, a religious refuge, or a secret ceremonial city. On July 24, 1911, the American historian Hiram Bingham discovered t...
On July 24, 1969, humans returned to planet Earth for the first time from the Moon. Of course, it was the crew of Apollo 11, the first space mission to land on the lunar surface. After 8 days and 3 hours spent on the mission, three astronauts (Neil A...
Admiral Kuznetsov held the high position of People's Commissar (Minister) of the Soviet Navy throughout World War II. On this day in 1904, Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was born, the admiral after whom the only Russian aircraft carrier is named toda...
He has written, what I have, what in collaboration with others, about 300 novels and plays. The popular French novelist Alexandre Dumas (father) was born on July 24, 1802. An adjective older is added to his name because his son bore the same name and...
On July 24, 1923, a peace treaty was signed in the Swiss city of Lausanne between the Republic of Turkey and the states that had won the First World War. It was an extremely important agreement in the historical sense, because it defined today's Turk...
On July 24, 1759, Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy was born, king of Sardinia and ruler of many estates of the powerful Savoy dynasty. He was born in the royal palace in Turin, and in addition to coming from the Savoy dynasty, among his ancestors was the F...
