On this day in 1976 British prime minister Harold Wilson suddenly announced his resignation. He justified this by stating he had just turned 60 (on 4 March that year) and...
The man after whom the famous Earl Grey tea is named was born in England on this day in 1764. His birth name was Charles, and he inherited the title of Early Grey from hi...
From this day in 1933 Hitler’s Germany used the familiar red flag with a swastika. It was previously the flag of the Nazi party (NSDAP). Red, black and white were the col...
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR on this day in 1985. Due to the fall of the USSR, Gorbachev also became the last Ge...
On this day the Russian Empire declared its so-called “armed neutrality” during the American War of Independence. That meant confronting the UK in an attempt to isolate t...
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR on this day in 1985. Due to the fall of the USSR, Gorbachev also became the last Ge...
The last parliamentary elections before the end of World War II were held in Germany on this day. The goal of Hitler’s Nazi Party (NSDAP) was to achieve a majority,...
The first session of the U.S. Congress began on this day in 1789. Of course, the U.S. Congress acts like a state parliament in that country – i.e. it is its supreme legis...