The French consider this day the beginning of the French Revolution. Specifically, a key event occurred on this day that enabled the launch of a political revolution. It...
On this day, the first and for now the only woman in history became British Prime Minister – the “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher. Raised as a strict Methodist (her father w...
On this day in 1979, general parliamentary elections were held in the UK, with Margaret Thatcher winning. In fact, her Conservative Party won 339 seats, while the hithert...
On this day the first modern constitution in a European country was adopted. Recall that the first in the whole world was the U.S. Constitution of 1787. So, Europe was on...
On this day in 1945, the ministers of the last government of the Third Reich (the so-called Flensburg Government) were appointed. After the death of Adolf Hitler, Admiral...
On this day in 1576, the Hungarian aristocrat and Prince of Transylvania Stephen Báthory became the King of Poland. He was elected by the Polish Parliament (elective mona...
This day in 1789 marked the inauguration of the first president of the United States of America – George Washington. It was an important historical event which infl...
On this day the U.S. Justice Department announced that it had placed Austrian President Kurt Waldheim on the list of people banned from entering the United States. The de...