On this day the Soviet occupation troops finally left the Danish island of Bornholm. It is not widely known that the Soviets, for some time after World War II, kept that...
On this day in 1939 the rule of the last king of Iraq (in the history of this country) began. His name was Faisal II, and it is particularly interesting that he was only...
On this day the mandate of the first “Prime Minister” in British history began. His name was Sir Robert Walpole, and the term “Prime Minister” signifies the “first minist...
Famous African-American human rights activist – Martin Luther King – was assassinated on this day in 1968 with a shot from a sniper rifle. The assassination happened whil...
On this day in 1922 Charles I of Austria (or Charles IV of Hungary) died. He was the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He inherited the throne from the famous Em...
Otto von Bismarck, one of the most popular chancellors in German history, was born on this day in 1815. He was called the “Iron Chancellor” (German: Eiserner Kanzler). Bi...
A Prelude João Belchior Marques Goulart was born on 1 March 1918 in São Borja, Brazil, as the son of a rich farmer and landowner. He studied law at the Porto Alegre Unive...
On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empire and the British colonial empire. This so-called Panjdeh Inciden...