Notorious Nazi war criminal Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most powerful members of the SS, was born on this day. He held the high ranks of SS-Obergruppenführer i General...
The man who became the last Prime Minister of France before the Revolution of 1789 was born on this day. His name was Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, and he bore the aristo...
Aristotle, one of the greatest scholars of all time and one of the key shapers of Western thought, died on this day in 322 BC on the island of Euboea. He was a student of...
On this day in 1943 Stalin became Marshal of the Soviet Union. He took this formerly highest rank relatively late. Namely, in 1943 Stalin was already in power almost twen...
Mozart’s wife Constanze died on this day, having outlived him for over 50 years! Namely, she was already 80 at the time of her death, while Mozart died relatively young,...
The famous boxer Cassius Clay got a new name on this day – Muhammad Ali. He was a member of the Nation of Islam, an organization that represented the black superiority an...
On this day the German Empire received a part of China in 99-year lease. It was an agreement similar to the one which the British made concerning Hong Kong. Namely, the U...
The last king in the history of Greece – Constantine II – acceded to the throne on this day in 1964. He is actually of German origin, a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-S...
