Historical calendar

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...

1883 - The Metropolitan Opera House is inaugurated in New York, USA. This building was an opera house located at...

1940 - Famous American writer Ernest Hemingway publishes his work For Whom the Bell Tolls. In this book he describes...

1900 - Albanian poet and writer Naim Frashëri, one of the most prominent representatives of the National Renaissance and the...