1910 - Born in Faiyum, Egypt Tefta Tashko Koço, the prominent lyrical singer in the interpretation of the Albanian civic...

1922 - The last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI abdicates from his throne in Istanbul, ending the de...

1944 - During the Holocaust, Anne and Margot Frank are sent by Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They will...

1923 - Turkey is proclaimed a Republic after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. The Treaty of Lausanne of July...

1922 - Italian fascists, led by Benito Mussolini, march on Rome and dominate the Italian government. This march was a...

1943 - Roza Anagnosti, Dwarf, prominent actress of the National Theater and Cinematography, wife of the well-known director Dhimitër Anagnosti,...

1942 - Born in Bury, the famous British actor, Bob Hoskins. Over the course of his 40-year career, Hoskins has...

1900 - The United Kingdom annexes Transvaal to what will later be called South Africa. The Transvaal Colony was the...

1929 - The famous bankruptcy known as Black Thursday occurs on the New York Stock Exchange. It began on October...

1871 - Born Gjergj Fishta in Fishta, Lezha, Franciscan friar, teacher, writer, translator and also chairman of the commission for...