On this day, in 1794, Carmel Martyrs of Compiègne were executed by guillotine. They were members of the Barefoot Carmelites of Mount Carmel, founded by the famous Saint...
Ernst Busch was the highest-ranking officer of the Wehrmacht who died in a prisoner of war camp in England. Aldershot is located in the English county of Hampshire, appro...
On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović. Four months before Mihailović’s execution, the Partisa...
On this day in 1862, an admiral’s rank was awarded for the first time in the history of the United States. It was created for famous David Farragut, a hero of the U...
Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq on this day in 1979. He was born in the village of Al-Awja on the Tigris River (in 2003, he was arrested just a few kilometers fro...
The famous Rosetta Stone, which enabled the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic script, was found on this day in 1799 and certainly belongs among the most important arch...
On this day one of the greatest military leaders in history, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finally surrendered. His previous surrender in 1814, when he ended up o...
On this day, in 1940, the tallest man in recorded history of mankind, Robert Wadlow, died. Namely, that American has reached the height of 272 cm before he died, which is...
