On this day, the Catholic Church celebrates the renowned Pope Saint Leo the Great, who is credited with rescuing Italy from the invasion of the Huns. His era was characte...
On this day in 2007 there was an unusual incident at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago (Chile). During a speech, Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero was interrupted sever...
Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France on this day in 1799. It was 18 Brumaire according to the French revolutionary calendar. Specifically, the Gregorian calendar wa...
On this day the last male member of the Counts of Celje dynasty was killed. His name was Ulrich II of Celje and he was the son of Frederick II, known for his affair with...
On this day the leading people of German Democratic Republic (East Germany) decided to allow its citizens free passage to the West. The decision was expected to come into...
On this day the Janissaries in Istanbul deposed Sultan Mehmed IV and imprisoned him in the imperial palace. This magnificent Topkapi palace can be seen even today. It is...
On this day John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon at the U.S. presidential elections with an advantage of only 0.1% votes. One of the crucial things for Kennedy’s victor...
On this day an assassination attempt was made on Hitler. It is believed that the assassin was Johann Georg Elsner, factory worker and opponent of Nazism, who had been pre...