Count Baldwin of Flanders became the first Latin Emperor of Byzantium. This happened after the crusading warriors (the Fourth Crusade) had conquered Constantinople, and a...
On this day in 1926, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire passed away. His name was Mehmed VI and he was the 36th ruler from the Ottoman dynasty. He became sultan at the...
The famous Sykes-Picot agreement was concluded on this day. It divided the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire into areas of future British and French control (after the...
On this day the tragic events of the 1945 are commemorated, when the British soldiers refused to accept the soldiers of Independent State of Croatia (a German puppet stat...
On this day, in 1895, the wealthy American banker and politician, Prescott Bush, whose son and grandson became U.S. presidents, was born. Prescott Bush was the father of...
On this day in 1987, the Soviets launched a spacecraft similar to those in science fiction novels. It was the Soviet response to the “Star Wars” project launc...
The first restaurant was located in the town of San Bernardino in California. The first McDonald’s restaurant in history was opened on this day in 1940. It was started by...
On this day in 1970, the U.S. President Richard Nixon announced the appointment of the first female generals in the U.S. Army. They were Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth Pasch...
