A famous scandal occurred in medieval France on this day in 1451. Namley, King Charles VII ordered the arrest of Jacques Coeur – one of the richest and most powerf...
On this day in 1969, President Nixon unexpectedly visited Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was his first foreign tour since he became president of the United States. He...
On this day, in 1936, Elizabeth Dole, the wife of U.S. politician Bob Dole, was born. Interestingly, both Elizabeth Dole and Bob Dole were U.S. senators. In fact, Bob Dol...
On this day the American President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the document establishing NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This agency was suppose...
This day in 1943 marked one of the most famous events in Italian history. On this day, the Italian King deposed Benito Mussolini, who had been the fascist Duce and the he...
On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th century, was born. Balfour came from a wealthy Scottish family. At t...
The eighth president in American history, Martin Van Buren, died on this day in 1862. His surname was of Dutch origin. In 1631, the Van Buren family moved from Buren (the...
On this day transpired a rare occurrence of a monarch returning at the head of the state in a democratic way after he was deposed. Simeon, who became the Tsar (Emperor) o...
