1915 - United States occupies Haiti for 20 years. The invasion ended on August 1, 1934, after President Franklin D....

1890 - Famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later from his wounds. He suffered...

1909 - Louis Bleriot makes the first flight through the English Channel in a heavier-than-air car from Calais, France, to...

1862 - Martin Van Buren dies at the age of 79. Van Buren, was an American statesman who served as...

1955 - Cordel Hull dies at the age of 83. Hull, was an American politician, known as the longest-serving US...

1946 - An Israeli secret organization, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the site of a civilian...

1904 - Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 km / h hurdle on the...

1926 - Felix Dzerzhinsky dies at the age of 48. Dzerzhinsky was one of the first Bolshevik officials. Dzerzhinsky headed...

1903 - Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race,...

1918 - Lindi Nelson Mandela. He was the president of South Africa and a freedom fighter who fought against racial...