On this day in 1641, a ship which carried an interesting treasure sank. This great treasure is still waiting to be discovered. It was the British ship named Merchant Roya...
On this day in 1938, nearly a year before the beginning of World War II, British Prime Minister Chamberlain met with German Chancellor Hitler. They tried to peacefully re...
The American politician Henry Kissinger became Secretary of State on this day in 1973, but he retained his position of the president’s national security adviser. He...
“The Hobbit”, one of the most successful novels of the 20th century in the field of fiction, was published on this day in 1937. It was written by the 45-year-...
On this day in, Hu Jintao became the new Chinese leader. The previous Chinese president Jiang Zemin resigned as the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Com...
The powerful Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the USA in 1959, during the Cold War. The visit lasted 13 days. Earlier this year, when the U.S. Vice President Richa...
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a member of probably the richest family in world history, died on this day. He died in Frankfurt am Main, where he had been born 68 years earlie...
U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died under mysterious circumstances on this day in 1961. It has remained unknown what caused the crash of his plane in Africa. Tha...