Historical calendar

1928 - World-famous composer Ennio Morricone is born in Rome. Morricone, is a composer, orchestrator, and, conductor, writing in a...

1953 - Cambodia in Southeast Asia declares independence after 90 years of French colonial rule. Official Paris occupied the impoverished...

1933 - In the United States, during the Great Depression, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Service Administration....

1917 - The Gregorian calendar marks the beginning of the October Revolution. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks, led...

1943 - During World War II, the Soviet Red Army retakes Kiev. Before retreating, the Germans demolish most of the...

1925 - Executed at the age of 52, one of the highest exponents of British espionage in Europe, Sidney Reilly....

1918 - A peace treaty is signed between Austria-Hungary and Italy at Villa Giusti. This treaty would eventually stop the...

1910 - Born in Faiyum, Egypt Tefta Tashko Koço, the prominent lyrical singer in the interpretation of the Albanian civic...

1922 - The last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI abdicates from his throne in Istanbul, ending the de...