On this day in 1957, the Soviet news agency TASS announced that the Soviet Union had successfully launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile – the R-7. This ty...
The Battle on the Marchfeld took place on this day in 1278. Ottokar II of Bohemia, one of the most powerful Bohemian kings at the time, was killed during that battle. He...
On this day in 1810, Santiago de Liniers was killed. He held the interesting title of Count of Buenos Aires. He was a Frenchman who fought against the British. He played...
On this day the most powerful explosion ever recorded in human history occurred. Interestingly, it was caused neither by the detonation of a nuclear bomb nor by a meteor...
On this day in 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Pope. He took the name John Paul I and became the first pope in history who had two names. Pope John Paul I had t...
St Faustina, born Helena Kowalska, was born in Glogowiec in Poland on this day. This part of Poland was then part of the Russian Empire; Russian emperor Nicholas II also...
On this day in 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered to the Allies. Paris had been occupied since June 1940, i.e. for more than four years. The Allies lande...
James Watt, one of the world’s most famous inventors, died on this day in 1819. He was a Scottish, born on the banks of the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, where the river...