The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded in Beirut. He was killed just three weeks after he had been elec...
The French King Francis I, who was a sponsor of the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci, was born on this day in 1494. Francis I was probably the most famous French Renaissan...
The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie was member of the Solomonic dynasty, which had ruled Ethiopia since the 13th century. It allegedly originated from King Solomon and t...
The 6-day-old Mary Stuart inherited the Scottish throne. At the age of 15, she married the heir to the French throne. He became King of France, and Mary – Queen of France...
The capital of the United States was named after George Washington on this day in 1791. He was even accused of using the American War of Independence to replace the Briti...
Richard the Lionheart, one of the most famous medieval rulers of England, died on this day in 1157. He was a member of the royal House of Plantagenet, which was of French...
The first emperor of Korea, the Emperor Gwangmu (which means “Warrior of Light” in Korean), was born on this day in 1852. Korea was a kingdom at the time, and...
The U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon on this day in 1974. That happened less than a month after Nixon had resigned the Presidency due to...