On this day in 1620 the famed Mayflower set sail, taking the mostly English colonists to the North American coast. The Mayflower has an almost mythical significance regar...
German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler appointed as his successor in his will. Namely, just before he c...
This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocratic origin. He had extraordinarily high status among the French no...
The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only noble families’ children and future priests attended the schools wh...
The United States Department of State was established on this day in 1789, and it is something akin to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States. This institut...
This day in 1968 marked the death of Servant of God Joseph Kentenich, the Catholic priest who founded the famous Schönstatt Movement. This Marian Movement is present in m...
The largest bankruptcy in the U.S. history took place on this day in 2008. This day marked the bankruptcy of the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank. The Lehman Brothers,...
The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded in Beirut. He was killed just three weeks after he had been elec...