On this day in 1912, American president Theodore Roosevelt was wounded in an assassination attempt. The assassination was peculiar because Roosevelt, despite being wounde...
One of the best-known dictators of the 20th century, African leader Mobutu Sese Seko, was born on this day in 1930. He ruled the large African country of Congo/Zaire for...
On this day in 1923, Ankara was declared the capital of Turkey, in place of Istanbul. This was a massive change, since Istanbul was one of the largest cities in Europe, w...
On this day in 1307, French king Philip IV the Fair ordered the mass arrest of Knights Templar in the Kingdom of France. That day fell on Friday 13th and some consider th...
On this day, an assassination attempt was made on Yugoslav king Alexander Karađorđević. He had arrived in Marseilles the same day aboard the destroyer Dubrovnik. He was m...
On this day in 1991, the Parliament (Sabor) of the Republic of Croatia severed all remaining ties with the republics and provinces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu...
German Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler was born on this day in 1900, in Munich. He was one of the highest-ranking functionaries of the Third Reich. He was the head of the Ge...
On this day in 1928, Chiang Kai-shek became the leader of the Chinese nationalist state. This term includes the area under the control of the nationalist Kuomintang movem...