Historical calendar

1900 - Eight-Alliance armies capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising...

1866 - Born in Aká, Murad bej Toptani, patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence of Albania, Albanian poet and...

1920 - A Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, with which Soviet Russia recognizes Lithuania's independence. In exchange for Lithuania's neutrality...

1899 - Fiat is founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy. Fiat Automobile is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy....

1938 - Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour worldwide flight that will set a new record. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was...

1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'....

1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. The Wall Street Journal (also known as The...

1893 - Miroslav Krleza is born in Zagreb. Krleza, was a Croatian writer and a prominent figure in the cultural...

1918 - A left-wing uprising in Russia begins with the assassination of German Ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Czech members....

1927 - Albert Kossel dies at the age of 73. Kossel, was a German biochemist and pioneer in the field...