On this day, one of the most famous prison escapes in American history took place. The infamous James Earl Ray, convicted of the murder of African American Christian acti...
On this day in 1815, the famous Congress of Vienna, one of the most important international agreements on the fate of Europe and the world, was concluded. The arrangement...
On this day Jake Lingle, a journalist for the well-known Chicago Tribune newspaper, was killed in broad daylight on a busy Chicago train station. Dozens of passers-by wit...
One of the most notorious Roman emperors died on this day in the year 68. Nero became famous by the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution of the early Christians, an...
On this day in 1984, Andrea Casiraghi, the probable future Prince of Monaco, was born. To be precise, the current Prince Albert has no legitimate offspring, so his logica...
On this day in 632, Islamic prophet Muhammad died in the Arab city of Medina. He died at the age of 63, in the house of his wife Aisha, after several days of suffering fr...
On this day the famous English King Richard the Lionheart arrived to the Holy Land to participate in the Crusade. He landed his fleet numbering hundreds of ships at the c...
On this day in 1950, the Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. Therefore, he became the only Australian field marshal in history...