This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocratic origin. He had extraordinarily high status among the French no...
The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only noble families’ children and future priests attended the schools wh...
This day in 1968 marked the death of Servant of God Joseph Kentenich, the Catholic priest who founded the famous Schönstatt Movement. This Marian Movement is present in m...
On this day in 1229, Ögedei Khan, Genghis Khan’s son, was proclaimed the Great Khan of the Mongols. Ögedei Khan wasn’t Genghis Khan’s oldest son (he was his third)....
On this day in 1848, the 25-year-old Phineas Gage was working as a blasting foreman on railway construction projects in the U.S. state of Vermont. The workers were settin...
On this day, the first couple was launched into space – Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee. They were NASA astronauts. It is interesting to note that they had married in secret du...
The French king Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had their diamond stolen on this day in 1792. It was the famous blue diamond, named “Hope”, also known as...
This day in 1971 marked the death of the Soviet political leader Nikita Khrushchev. It is interesting to note that Khrushchev fell out of favor with the regime, especiall...