On this day in 1912, tiny Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Thus began the First Balkan War. The other Christian countries (Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece) ent...
On this day in 1991, the Parliament (Sabor) of the Republic of Croatia severed all remaining ties with the republics and provinces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu...
The American-British invasion of Afghanistan commenced on this day in 2001. Its codename was Operation Enduring Freedom, and it was part of the global “War on Terror”. U....
The famed Clarence Birdseye, inventor of the technique which allows us to fast-freeze food, died on this day. This technique allows us to produce quality frozen food, whi...
The Dutch company KLM was founded on this day in 1919. It is today the oldest company still active under its original name. Not many people know that KLM is short for “Ko...
On this day mankind got its first chance to see the so-called “dark side of the Moon”. As it is well-known, the Moon, due to synchronous rotation, is always facing toward...
German Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler was born on this day in 1900, in Munich. He was one of the highest-ranking functionaries of the Third Reich. He was the head of the Ge...
On this day in 1995, the first planet outside our solar system that orbits a star similar to our Sun was discovered. The star in question is 51 Pegasi, which is located s...