On this day sank the sister ship of Titanic, Britannic. A trio of same class ocean liners was built: Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. Britannic was the last as well as the...
King Mutesa II – the last King of Buganda and the first President of Uganda – died on this day in 1969. Namely, Buganda was the largest of the Ugandan kingdoms. It also e...
On this day in 1969, talks about returning the island of Okinawa to Japan were concluded. Namely, after World War II, Okinawa became part of U.S. territory. The Battle of...
The well-known St. Columbanus died on this day in 615. He was a missionary known for founding monasteries throughout Europe. The spreading of monasteries from Ireland tow...
On this day one of the most unusual hostage crisis in history took place. Namely, Muslim dissidents seized the holiest place of Islam – the famous Sacred Mosque in Mecca...
On this day the first Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, were released for sale. They greatly resembled to the Macintosh graphical interface. Microsoft even had to remove so...
On this day, six-and-a-half months after the end of World War II, the Nuremberg Trials started. Only the twenty highest-ranking German war criminals were tried (the other...
On this day the United States finally ended their blockade of Cuba, which marked the ending of one of the most dangerous episodes in the history of the Cold War. Indeed,...