Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito’s possible successor was was sentenced to seven years imprisonmen...
On this day in 1986, The Sunday Times published an article titled “Revealed: The Secrets of Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal”. The article was in fact a report...
After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the first round of elections (i.e. 1% less than was required), and tha...
On this day in 1955, Juscelino Kubitschek won the Brazilian presidential elections. He remains one of the most important presidents in Brazilian history to this day. Duri...
On this day in 1908, the first edition of the well-known communist newspaper, Pravda, was published in Vienna. The leading figure in these efforts was Leon Trotsky, who w...
Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1959. The monk Talduwe Somarama was persuaded to do so due to the...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest Arabian monarchy in the world, was established on this day in 1932. The state was established during the rule of King Abdulaziz I...
On this day in 1938, nearly a year before the beginning of World War II, British Prime Minister Chamberlain met with German Chancellor Hitler. They tried to peacefully re...
