Historical calendar

1945 - On board the USS Missouri aircraft carrier anchored in the Gulf of Tokyo, Japan's unconditional capitulation to the...

1907 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, which recognizes British dominance in northern Persia, while Russia...

1918 - Fanny Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who, along with the assassination of senior Bolshevik...

1916 - The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. Jones Law, was an Organic Law passed by the United...

1924 - The Georgian opposition organizes the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. Aiming to restore Georgia's independence from the...

1896 - The shortest war in world history begins (09:02 to 09:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. The conflict...

1883 - The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 begins its final phase. The eruption was one of the deadliest and most...

1900 - Friedrich Nietzche dies at the age of 55. Nietzche, was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and...

1898 - Count Muravyov, Russia's foreign minister, presents a summary of the First Peace Conference in The Hague. The Hague...