On this day in 1958, the USS Nautilus submarine reached the North Pole after sailing under the Arctic ice. This was the first time in history that a submarine reached the...
Soviet marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky died on this day in the turbulent year 1968. Rokossovsky was born into an impoverished noble family in Warsaw, which was at that tim...
On this day in 1704 British forces captured Gibraltar, one of the most important strategic points in the entire world. Gibraltar had been in Spanish hands for over 240 ye...
On this day in 1944, the largest merchant ship convoy in World War II crossed the Atlantic Ocean and entered British waters. The convoy bore the designation HX-300 becaus...
Louis François, Prince de Conti, member of the French royal Bourbon dynasty, and pretender to the Polish throne, died on this day in 1776. The de Conti princes were membe...
One of the most important and most researched battles in human history took place on this day in 216 BC. An army of 50,000 Carthaginians under the famed general Hannibal...
This day in 1897 marked the end of an interesting episode in the history of warfare in what is today northern Pakistan. One of its participants was the 22-year-old Winsto...
On this day Nelson achieved the greatest victory of his career, almost completely annihilating the French fleet in the famous Battle of the Nile. After the victory and up...