On this day in 2008, Barack Obama was elected U.S. president, becoming the first person of African American heritage to achieve that high function. Of course, Joe Biden w...
Elsie MacGill, the first known female aircraft designer in history, died on this day in 1980. She was a Canadian, born in Vancouver in 1905. Her parents were lawyers; in...
The well-known Italian saint, Charles Borromeo, died on this day in 1584. During his life, he held various church offices – he was the Archbishop of Milan for roughly 20...
This day in 1874 marked the birth of the most powerful anticommunist leader in Russia – Alexander Kolchak. The Russians who fought against the Bolshevik revolutionary gov...
Peter II Karađorđević – the last king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia – died in exile on this day in 1970. He came to the throne after his father – Alexander I – was assassi...
American actor Charles Bronson, famous for playing the role of many tough heroes, was born on this day. It is not widely known that he was of Tatar descent, specifically...
On this day the Catholic Church commemorates St. Martin de Porres, an unusual saint of exotic origins. Namely, that saint was of mixed European-African heritage, w...
Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem was killed on this day in 1963. He became the president of South Vietnam back in 1955. He and his family were of Roman Catholic faith;...