In the Seven Years’ War (1756 – 1763), the European powers joined forces against Prussian king Frederick II the Great, the arch-enemy of Maria Theresa. Frederick ea...
On this day, an assassination attempt was made on Yugoslav king Alexander Karađorđević. He had arrived in Marseilles the same day aboard the destroyer Dubrovnik. He was m...
The famed Clarence Birdseye, inventor of the technique which allows us to fast-freeze food, died on this day. This technique allows us to produce quality frozen food, whi...
German Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler was born on this day in 1900, in Munich. He was one of the highest-ranking functionaries of the Third Reich. He was the head of the Ge...
On this day in 1683, German immigrants founded the first larger German settlement in North America – Germantown, Pennsylvania. That town has since merged with Philadelphi...
Nazi physician Leonardo Conti died on this day in 1945. He is most known for holding the high-ranking title of “Reich Health Leader” during Hitler’s time in power....
Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito’s possible successor was was sentenced to seven years imprisonmen...
On this day in 1986, The Sunday Times published an article titled “Revealed: The Secrets of Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal”. The article was in fact a report...