Vladimir Ulyanov, the Russian revolutionary who later changed his name to Lenin, was born on this day in 1870. He was born in the city of Simbirsk on the Volga River (tod...
Queen Isabella of Castile, was born on this day in 1451. She financed the first voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic. The wedding of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand o...
The Austrian Archduchess Marie Valerie was born on this day in 1868. She was the youngest daughter of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi. Sissi gave birth to four c...
On this day in 1999 the parliament of the united Germany met in Berlin after a hiatus of about 56 years (actually almost a full 57). In fact, the last German parliament i...
Henri of Bourbon-Parma, the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was born on this day in 1955. Luxembourg is the only country in the world, which is established as a Grand...
On this day a German who was the exact political opposite of Adolf Hitler was born. His name was Ernst Thälmann and he was the leader of the German Communist Party (Komm...
On this day members of the Bulgarian Communist Party demolished the dome of the St. Nedelya Church in Sofia, during a funeral service for the late General Konstantin Geor...
On this day one of the most famous assassinations in history took place. John Wilkes Booth shot U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C....