On This Day: October 21, 1805 – Horace Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
"England expects every man to do his duty." That was the message…
On This Day: October 22, 1721 – Founding of the Russian Empire
On October 22, 1721, Tsar Peter I of of Russiaknown as Peter…
On This Day: October 15, 1940 – Premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator
The scene is familiar to everyone: Charlie Chaplin with a square moustache,…
On This Day: October 16, 1940 – The creation of the Warsaw Ghetto is announced
Nazi Germany's constant tactic was to exploit the economic resources of the…
Thodoris Atheridis: I take 10 pills a day, I told Starovas to be careful and I finally got it first
"I call Dimitris Starovas and "tease" him. You wait ten minutes for…
On This Day: 11 October 1899 – The Second Boer War breaks out
In 1899 South Africa was divided territorially: the Cape Colony and the…
On This Day: October 2, 829 – Emperor Michael II Traulos dies
After the assassination of Leo the Armenian in 820, on his throne…
On This Day: October 3, 1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed Yugoslavia
Its establishment Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenesin December 1918, largely filled…
On this day: January 31, 1914 – The islands of the NE Aegean are integrated into the Greek state
The First Balkan War was recruited by the majority of Greeks as…
On this day: February 1, 1865 – The abolition of slavery in the USA
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, is…
