On this day the American President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the document establishing NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This agency was suppose...
This day in 1943 marked one of the most famous events in Italian history. On this day, the Italian King deposed Benito Mussolini, who had been the fascist Duce and the he...
On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th century, was born. Balfour came from a wealthy Scottish family. At t...
The eighth president in American history, Martin Van Buren, died on this day in 1862. His surname was of Dutch origin. In 1631, the Van Buren family moved from Buren (the...
On this day transpired a rare occurrence of a monarch returning at the head of the state in a democratic way after he was deposed. Simeon, who became the Tsar (Emperor) o...
On this day in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This happened shortly after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem from the...
On this day British Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles was born. He was the older of the two brothers who became, one after the other, British Prime Ministers. Thomas la...
On this day in 1824, the first emperor of Mexico – Agustín de Iturbide – was executed. During the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, he contributed to th...
