Historical calendar

1916 - During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa directs nearly 500 Mexican attackers in an attack against the border town...

1910 - German Communists Rosa Luxemburg, and Clara Zetkin, propose establishing International Women's Day. During the development of the International...

1887 - Opens in Korça, Korça Teacher's School is the first secular school of the Albanian language in Albanian areas...

1902 - Formally established in Castileje FC Real Madrid. Real Madrid is considered one of the most famous and successful...

1931 - Gandhi-Irwin pact signed. The 'Gandhi-Irwin Pact' was a political agreement signed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Lord Irvine,...

1913 - Formally named the United States Department of Labor. This Department is a US federal government cabinet-level department responsible...

1918 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and to accept German control...

1901 - US Congress passes the Platt Amendment restricting Cuban autonomy as a condition of withdrawal of US troops. He...

1938 - Died at Gardone, aged 74, Gabriele D Annuncio. D Annuncio was an Italian poet, journalist, playwright, and soldier...

1922 - The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a unilateral Declaration of Independence. Through this declaration, the...