German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler appointed as his successor in his will. Namely, just before he c...
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...
The United States Department of State was established on this day in 1789, and it is something akin to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States. This institut...
The largest bankruptcy in the U.S. history took place on this day in 2008. This day marked the bankruptcy of the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank. The Lehman Brothers,...
The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded in Beirut. He was killed just three weeks after he had been elec...
This day in 1321 marked the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. He was born in the city of Florence, the central point of Italian history and culture at the time....
This day in 1971 marked the end of the Attica Prison Riot in the western part of the state of New York. About 1,000 prisoners protested, and 33 staff members were their h...
On this day in 1916, the elephant Mary was hanged in Erwin, Tennessee. The elephant was hanged in front of thousands of people, allegedly due to the death of the man who...
