One of the most dangerous border incidents between North and South Korea took place on this day. The so-called Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two countries contains...
On this day in 1590, English Governor John White returned from England to the American Roanoke Colony and found it empty. It was a great mystery, which has not been fully...
St. Albert Hurtado, a Chilean saint who fought for the welfare of young and socially endangered people, died on this day in 1952. St. Albert Hurtado was born in the city...
Emperor Francis Joseph I, the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was born on this day in 1830. He was born in the famed Schönbrunn Palace near Vienna, which had been...
Famous automobile magnate Walter Chrysler died on this day in 1940. Of course, the Chrysler corporation was named after him and it today includes the brands Jeep, Dodge,...
The first space probe in human history to successfully land on another planet was launched on this day in 1970. The probe in question was called Venera 7 (Венера-7, Venus...
One of the most controversial state boundaries in the world, the one dividing Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India, was officially declared on this day. The most interesting f...
German field marshal Wilhelm List died on this day in 1971. He was born near the city of Ulm in Württemberg, in the immediate vicinity of the Bavarian border. Wilhelm Lis...