On this day the famous Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy was ratified, thus forming the Vatican City State. In earlier centuries, when Italy had not yet been united, the Papal States included the entire area of central Ital...
On this day in 1654, French King Louis XIV, also known by the nickname the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was crowned. Louis XIV was one of the most influential kings in French history, and perhaps even in the entire history of Europe. Indeed, in his time...
On this day in 1863, the French conquered Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It was the time of the French intervention in Mexico, during which the forces of Emperor Napoleon III were waging war against the Mexican Republicans. The French Foreign Le...
On this day the Israeli Air Force undertook an offensive in the heart of Iraq’s territory. They bombed and destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17 kilometers southeast of Baghdad. It was believed in Israel that the reactor was intended for the...
On this day in 1618, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, died. The U.S. state Delaware was named after him. Lord De La Warr was a colonial governor in the territory of what is now the United States. He governed over Virginia, the first permanent American c...
On this day the largest military landing operation in the history of warfare began. Around 160,000 Allied soldiers landed on the coast of Normandy in northern France in an attempt to open a new front against the army of the Third Reich. The Supreme C...
On this day in 1808, Napoleon’s brother Joseph Bonaparte was crowned King of Spain in Madrid. It was the highest honor that Napoleon had secured for any of the members of his family (another two of Napoleon’s brothers became kings, but of smaller cou...
On this day the corpse of the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, also referred to as the “Angel of Death” or “White Angel”, was exhumed in Brazil. Mengele was one of the most wanted Nazi criminals due to his role in the Holocaust (he was a doctor at Auschwit...
On this day in 1872, the last Russian Empress (Tsaritsa), Alexandra, was born. She was born in Darmstadt in Germany, and was of a German-British origin. Specifically, Alexandra was the granddaughter of British Queen Victoria. Victoria’s daughter, Pri...
On this day in 1984, the legendary computer game Tetris was conceived. It was programmed in the USSR by Alexey Pajitnov, a Russian engineer who worked for the Computer Centre in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The center in Moscow was used by th...
Less than five years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot on this day. The brothers came from the most famous American political family. Kennedys were known for their Irish origin and Ca...
This day marked the beginning of the Six-Day War. During six days, Israel managed to quadruple its territory and defeat three Arab states - Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On this day, Israel launched several attacks without previous declaration of war. Am...
On this day one of the biggest Cold War sex scandals was resolved. British Defense Secretary John Profumo resigned from his post due to relationship with the beautiful Christine Keeler, a 19-year-old topless dancer. Profumo met her officially two yea...
On this day in the year 1771 Prince Ernest Augustus, who later became king of the German state of Hanover, was born. The Hanover dynasty ruled Britain since 1714, when George I, who was originally a German prince-elector of Hanover (he inherited the...
On this day in 1976, the Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. It was a big disaster, which claimed fourteen human lives and killed about 13,000 head of cattle. It was a dam in the U.S. state of Idaho, located a hundred kilometers from the famous Yellowstone...
The motive for procuring camels was their usability in dry areas, which the U.S. had previously obtained to the detriment of Mexico. On June 4, 1855, the American warship USS Supply set sail on an unusual camel procurement mission for the U.S. Army....
The last German emperor - William II. (Wilhelm II.) Of the Hohenzollern dynasty, died June 4, 1941. Many people know his role in starting and leading the First World War, which is why he has remained infamous to this day. Despite the millions of huma...
About 860 vessels, from cruisers and destroyers to small private boats and boats, took part in the evacuation near Dunkirk. The Allied evacuation from Dunkirk, one of the most dramatic operations during World War II, was completed on June 4, 1940. Th...
After Mussolini came to power in Italy, he was given positions in the government. On June 4, 1895, Dino Grandi, one of the highest officials of fascist Italy, was born. He was born in the small town of Mordano, located between Bologna and Ravenna, an...
Russian forces managed to break through the Austro-Hungarian defenses and force them to withdraw. The offensive under the command of Russian General Alexei Brusilov in World War I, also known as Brusilov's offensive, began on June 4, 1916. It was the...
The rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu After the death of the powerful daimyo (a position similar to a high-ranking noble in Europe) Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, Japan was governed by the Council of Five Regents, the most prominent of whom was Tokugawa Ieyasu. W...
On this day in 1944, in the midst of World War II, American troops entered Rome and in doing so ended the German occupation of the city. To recall, after Italy withdrew from World War II in 1943, the Germans occupied it and took direct control of Rom...
One of the most famous seducers in history died on this day at the advanced age of 73 years. He died in Bohemia, in the Duchcov Chateau, where he spent the last 13 years of his life. The castle was owned by the wealthy Count Joseph Karl von Waldstein...
On this day in 1970 Tonga gained full independence from the British. Today, Tonga is the smallest independent kingdom in the world, measuring 748 square kilometers. All other independent monarchies that are smaller than Tonga have rulers who are not...
On this day in 1855, the American war ship USS Supply sailed on an unusual mission to acquire camels for the military. Namely, the Americans intended to set up a unit that would use camels for bearing loads. Jefferson Davis, who was Secretary of War...
On June 3, 1969, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne halved the American destroyer USS Frank E. Evans. It was a real naval catastrophe because on that occasion as many as 74 crew members of the mentioned destroyer were killed. The accident...
The last specimens of the Great Auk, which exterminated this bird species, were killed on June 3, 1844. The Great Auk had the Latin name Pinguinus impennis and in fact the name penguin came from its name in the languages used in northern and wester...
Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy has an annual turnover of more than 35 billion euros. On June 3, 1987, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) was founded. Today, the company is the world's leading manufacturer of luxury products, and is headed by the richest...
The experimental Tupolev Tu-144 was the pride of Soviet technology at the time. On June 3, 1973, a test specimen of the Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144, a competitor to the Western Concorde, disintegrated during a demonstration flight at the Paris A...
On this day in 1941, Colonel General Kurt Student ordered the destruction of the village Kandanos in Crete, in retaliation for the resistance of the local population to the German invaders. Namely, during the previous month the Germans had carried ou...
