By the end of 1942, Helmut Lent had gained a reputation as the best night fighter pilot in the Third Reich. He was also given the position of squadron commodore. On Octob...
As a child, Putin lived with his family relatively modestly, in an apartment building in Leningrad located on Baskov Street. They reportedly lived on the fifth floor and...
Interestingly, John Francis Fitzgerald was once elected mayor of Boston, as the first Catholic of Irish descent to hold that office. On October 2, 1950, John Francis Fitz...
On October 2, 1847, Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and president, was born. His full name was Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, and...
The widely-known German company Siemens was established on this day in 1847. Its founders were Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske, and it was seated in Berlin, wh...
On this day in 1936, General Francisco Franco was publicly declared Generalissimo and Head of State (Jefe del Estado). This took place in Burgos, the historic capital of...
On this day in 1588, two Catholic priests died a martyr’s death in England. It was a time of such religious intolerance in England that it was forbidden to express...
On September 10, 1939, German General Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was killed, making him the first general killed during World War II. He held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer...