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: January 1, 1822 – The first Greek Constitution is voted
On New Year's Day 1822, about 18 kilometers from the ancient theater…
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,…
