1900 - Battle of the Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by...

1940 - An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli in the port of Tinos during peacetime, marking...

1916 - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary. The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World...

1898 - Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first asteroid to be found near Earth. Eros, the temporary designation...

1944 - Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. The Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre was a war crime...

1920 - A Latvian-Soviet peace treaty renounces Russian authority and claims to Latvia are signed, ending the conflict. While the...

1901 -Born in Butkë, of Kolonjë Safet Butka. After finishing primary school in his native village, he went on to...

1939 - Born in Scandiano, Romano Prodi. Prodi is an Italian politician who served as the 10th President of the...

1919 - The Anglo-Afghan Treaty is signed. This treaty finally establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the United Kingdom and...

1938 - Konstantin Stanislavski dies at the age of 75. Stanislavski, was a seminal practitioner of Russian theater. He was...