On this day the Maastricht Treaty came into force, through which the European Union was created. The treaty was signed on 7 February 1992 by 12 members of the European Co...
The White House in Washington, D.C. was built in eight years. The construction cost a total of 232,371 U.S. dollars. Numerous slaves and Europeans who did not yet have U....
The last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed on this day, when monarchy was abolished in Turkey. This was the end of the 600-year-old Ottoman Empire. Mehmed was the 36...
On this day in 1922, Benito Mussolini officially became the Italian prime minister. He achieved this after the famous “March on Rome” in late October 1922, which spurred...
Maximilian Njegovan was born on this day to a Croatian family in Zagreb. His family had a long tradition of producing professional soldiers. He graduated at the Naval Aca...
Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was killed on this day by two of her Sikh bodyguards. This was done in reprisal for the Indian Army...
On this day it was decided that Stalin’s body was to be removed from Lenin’s Mausoleum, where it was interred together with that of the first Soviet leader, V...
This day in 1923 marked the death of the only British Prime Minister who wasn’t born in Britain. His name was Andrew Bonar Law, and he was born on the territory of...