On July 2, 1966, the first French nuclear test was held in the Pacific Ocean. A nuclear bomb was detonated on Mururo Atoll, located in the Tuamot Islands, part of French Polynesia. The test was codenamed Aldebaran, and was performed in the lagoon are...
On July 2, 1566, the famous prophet Nostradamus, full name Michel de Nostredame, died. He died in Salon-de-Provence, in the south of France, about halfway between Marseille and papal Avignon (the pope was living in exile at the time). Nostradamus was...
Valentinian III he was born on July 2, 419, in Ravenna, the then capital of the Western Roman Empire. He was a descendant of Theodosius I, the emperor who introduced Christianity as the official religion, and Valentinian I, who is usually considered...
Advancing in rank, Schörner became General of the Mountain Troops (German: General der Gebirgstruppe), then Colonel-General (German: Generaloberst), and finally Field Marshal (German: Generalfeldmarschall). Towards the end of the war he became Hitler...
Alec Douglas-Home was by inheritance a British lord. In 1963, he was appointed Prime Minister, the last time in British history that a member of the House of Lords was appointed head of government. On July 2, 1903, Alec Douglas-Home was born, the las...
On this day the most famous female pilot in history - Amelia Earhart - disappeared without a trace over the Pacific Ocean. This born American began flying at 22 and soon began breaking records set by best female pilots. So, she reached a record hei...
On this day the famous Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar was killed in the city of Medellin. He was killed because of the mistake he committed during the United States-Colombia match, he accidentally scored an own goal while playing for defense. Sp...
This day in 1849 marked the birth of Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, the last Queen of Bavaria. Namely, Bavaria was a kingdom (1806-1918) after the abolition of the monarchy. Maria Theresa's husband was the last Bavarian king, Ludwig III (of the Witt...
On this day, in 1932, Manuel II, the last King in the history of Portugal, died. This country was a kingdom for nearly 800 years, but just in the era of Manuel II, the monarchy in Portugal was abolished and a republic, with a president at the helm, w...
On this day died the famous British politician Sir Robert Peel, after whom British police officers got their nickname ("Bobbies"). Namely, Sir Robert, as Home Secretary, introduced a new police system in Britain in the late 1820s, which employed ful...
A comet called Lexell’s comet came at a distance of only 0.015 astronomical units to Earth. On July 1, 1770, a comet passed by the planet Earth, which came closest to it in recorded history. Namely, a comet called Lexell's comet (official designation...
The most famous action of German paratroopers was the mass air invasion of Crete in 1941. The Germans called parachute units the Fallschirmjägers, and ranked them among the most elite units of the Wehrmacht in general. On July 1, 1978, Kurt Student,...
To date, the Non-Proliferation Treaty has not been signed only by India, Pakistan, Israel and South Sudan. On July 1, 1968, an important international Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed. At the time this agreement was propo...
The Spencers gained wealth in the 15th and early 16th centuries, and over time they branched out and won more titles. It is particularly interesting that Princess Diana and Prime Minister Winston Churchill have their origins in the same direct male d...
In the mathematical field, Leibniz remained particularly well known for differential and integral calculus. On July 1, 1646, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a famous German philosopher and scientist, was born. He was born in the city of Leipzig in the Ele...
Amantine Aurora Lucile Dupin de Francueil was the real name of the writer George Sand. She is known as an author who can write an incredible amount (about 40,000 letters). People close to her said that she could write infinitely long and unusually ea...
The battlefield near Gettysburg because of so many casualties later became a national memorial site, larger than any similar battlefield in the United States. The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most significant in U.S. history, began on July 1, 186...
On this day in the year 69, Roman troops in Egypt elected Vespasian as the Roman emperor. This took place during the tumultuous era after the death of Nero, in which there was a succession of several Roman emperors during only one year. However, Vesp...
On this day in 1997, Great Britain ceremoniously transferred the sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. The reason for the return of Hong Kong to China was the fact that Britain acquired the greater part of its territory in 189...
On this day in 1770, a comet passed closer to Earth than any other comet in recorded history. Namely, the comet popularly known as Lexell’s Comet (official designation D/1770 L1) approached to a distance of only 0.015 astronomical units from Earth. T...
On this day the signal for help when in trouble, today known as the SOS signal, was adopted throughout the world. It is a combination of short and long Morse signals in the form (· · · — · · ·), i.e. 3 short-3 long-3 short. These symbols in the Morse...
On this day in 1971, William Lawrence Bragg, the youngest Nobel Prize winner in the field of science, died. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics when he was only 25 years old, making him by far the youngest of all other winners in the field of s...
The first article in which Albert Einstein described his special theory of relativity, "On the Electrodynamics of bodies in motion" (German: Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper), was published in “Annalen der Physik”. The mentioned journal is known as...
On this day Nostradamus’ prophecy by which he became famous and respected as a seer came true. He, namely, predicted the death of the French King Henry II with these words: "The young lion shall overcome the older one, On the field of combat in sing...
The number 999 was first introduced on this day in 1937. This happened in London, and the mentioned number became the first emergency telephone number in the world. Before that, in case of emergency, the typical procedure was as follows: people woul...
On this day one of the most famous episodes in the history of Nazism took place. Namely, Hitler purged the Nazi Party of his competitors. The so-called "brownshirts" i.e. members of Storm Detachment (Sturmabteilung - SA) were targeted in particular....
On this day died the mighty King Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo). He was the ruler of Castile, León, Galicia and Portugal, and took the pompous title of "Emperor of all Spain" (Latin: Imperator totius Hispaniae). In his time, the famous...
Emperor Ferdinand was considered quite incapable of governing due to some kind of mental limitation. He also had some form of hydrocephalus and speech and neurological problems. On June 29, 1875, the former Austrian Emperor and Croatian-Hungarian Kin...
Skenderbeg's victory resonated throughout Europe because at that time the Ottoman army was superior to the Christian and almost regularly claimed victories. On June 29, 1444, the Albanian military leader Skenderbeg achieved a great victory over the O...
After stabbing Raspucin, Guseva exclaimed: "I killed the Antichrist!" However, Raspućin did not die from being stabbed, but fled down the street, and Jina chased after him, trying to beat him. On June 29, 1914, a Russian peasant, Jina Guseva, tried t...
