On this day in 1775, George Washington became the supreme commander of the U.S. Army. He had previously served as a colonel in the army of Virginia (one of the 13 colonie...
On this day two pilots took off from Canada towards Ireland on the first continuous flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The British aviators in question were John Alcock an...
The U.S. Army was established on this day in 1775. Namely, the American Continental Congress (the predecessor of today’s Congress) established the army in order to...
The earliest preserved written document in which the city of Munich is mentioned was dated on this day in 1158. Specifically, at that time the powerful Duke of Bavaria an...
On this day, German troops occupied Paris. It was a great triumph for the Wehrmacht (the German Army), but also for Adolf Hitler personally because his occupied a metrop...
On this day the founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther, married Katharina von Bora, a former nun. She was 26 years old, and he was 41. She entered the monastery at the a...
On this day the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, because he died, i.e. was “born into heaven” on this day in 1231. St. Anthony wa...
The Olsen Twins are today classified among the richest persons in show business. They were born on this day, in 1986, in Sherman Oaks near Los Angeles. Interestingly enou...