After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the first round of elections (i.e. 1% less than was required), and tha...
The entrepreneur Walter Wolf, best known by his brand of cigarettes, was born on this day in 1939. He was born in Graz, to a Slovenian mother and Austrian father. Walter...
This day in 1881 marked the birth of Walther von Brauchitsch, one of the highest-ranking military commanders in Hitler’s Third Reich. Von Brauchitsch reached the ra...
A series of events took place on this day, which led to young Napoleon achieving the status of a French national hero. Namely, Napoleon managed to defend the French revol...
Nazi physician Ernst-Günther Schenck, known for having spent the last days of World War II in Hitler’s command bunker in Berlin, was born on this day in 1904. His a...
On this day in 1955, Juscelino Kubitschek won the Brazilian presidential elections. He remains one of the most important presidents in Brazilian history to this day. Duri...
This day in 1791 marked the last session of the Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution. The Assembly was first formed in 1789, at the very beginning of the Rev...
German fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille died on this day in 1942. He achieved fame by shooting down over 150 Allied aircraft, allegedly including an unbelievable eigh...