On this day: December 29, 1890 – The Wounded Knee Massacre
For much of the period of the United States' westward expansion, land…
On this day: December 30, 1916 – Grigory Rasputin is assassinated
Grigory Rasputin, born in a village in Siberia, would already show a…
On this day: 31 December 1600 – The founding of the East India Company
Elizabeth I ascended the English throne in 1558 at the age of…
On this day: December 20, 1996 – Carl Sagan dies
"We have created a society based on science and technology, in which…
On this day: December 21, 1958 – De Gaulle is elected president of the French Republic
France emerged from World War II severely weakened as a nation. The…
On this day: December 22, 1894 – Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of espionage
In the 1890s, the French Third Republic experienced its greatest political and…
On this day: December 23, 1975 – CIA station chief in Athens, Richard Wells, is assassinated
Richard Wells was the highest-ranking CIA officer killed in the line of…
On this day: December 24, 1914 – The Christmas Truce
The spark for the outbreak of World War I may have ignited…
On this day: December 16, 1947 – The transistor is discovered
The transistor, fundamental to all modern technology, including telecommunications, data communications, aviation,…
The “Christmas Basket” is valid from December 13
In detail which products it includes From Wednesday, December 13th until Wednesday,…
