South African Orange Province, where he was born, was at that time an autonomous Boer State (Boers are descendants of Dutch immigrants in the southern part of Africa). On...
Churchill, as Home Secretary, personally arrived on the scene of the shooting, risking his life. A photographer filmed him peering around a corner to see the attackers. T...
On this day in 2000 the U.S. Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, known for his role in the Vietnam War, died. Namely, Zumwalt was during this war the commander of Cruiser-Destroyer Flo...
On this day in 1776, an official decree abolishing torture in Austria, Bohemia, Galicia, and the Banate was issued. It was one of the measures of the so-called enlightene...
On this day the esteemed Count Folke Bernadotte, member of the Swedish royal family (the present-day Swedish royal dynasty originates from the Napoleon’s marshal Jean Ber...
Since it was supposed to be closest to the Sun of all the planets, it should have been the warmest. French mathematician Le Verrier, who predicted its existence, called i...
General James Wolfe posthumously became one of Britain’s greatest war heroes, because his victory was among the main reasons why the French do not rule over Canada. One o...
On this day in 42 BC Julius Caesar was declared a god by the Roman Senate. It was the first time in history that a Roman citizen was officially deified. Interestingly, Ca...