The first emperor of Korea, the Emperor Gwangmu (which means “Warrior of Light” in Korean), was born on this day in 1852. Korea was a kingdom at the time, and...
This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two million people died. When the last road to the city was severed (two...
During the reign of Roman Emperor Vespasian, his son and future successor Titus Flavius became the commander of the Roman army in Judea. His goal was to quell the Jewish...
The U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon on this day in 1974. That happened less than a month after Nixon had resigned the Presidency due to...
Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, the “Grandmother of Europe”, was born on this day in 1817. Her descendants became kings of different countries, so her “impac...
This day marked probably the biggest robbery in the history of piracy. The English pirate Henry Every, nicknamed “King of the Pirates” stole loot worth up to...
The first Miss America competition was held in Atlantic City in the U.S. state of New Jersey on this day in 1921. 16-year-old and 155 cm tall Margaret Gorman from Washing...
The first German bombing of London during World War II started on this day in the late afternoon. East London, the so-called East End (not far from the Olympic Center, wh...