The Russian capital of St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on this day in 1914. The Russian Empire wanted to avoid the German name of its capital (the name of Saint Pete...
On this day in 1821, Anita Garibaldi was born. Her husband was the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. It is interesting to note that she was born as Ana Maria de J...
On this day Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt. Interestingly, the attempt was carried out by a woman, Fanny Kaplan. Kaplan was born...
The Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich was born on this day in 1917. From 1938 to 1992, he was considered the pretender to the Russian imperial throne because he was...
On this day in 2007, an incident involving the unauthorized transportation of nuclear warheads occurred in the USA. It attracted great attention. Incidents of this type a...
St. Augustine, the famous Christian theologian and philosopher, died on this day in 430. St. Augustine is also known as Aurelius Augustine (due to his Latin name), and St...
The Catholic Blessed Junípero Serra, known as one of the most important people in the history of California, died on this day in 1784. Bl. Junípero Serra served as Franci...
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who is considered the founder of the city of Chicago, died on this day in 1818. His name indicates his origin (the French had colonies in th...