On this day in 1943 General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. President Franklin Roosevelt’s first thought was to have General George Marshall take that position […]
On this day in 1972 comedian Bob Hope gave his last Christmas Show in Vietnam. For nine consecutive years Hope went to Vietnam to entertain U.S. servicemen. Hope was a […]
On this day in 1924 Adolf Hitler was released from Landsberg Prison after spending 264 days there after being convicted of treason following the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in […]
Sometimes big events start with an ordinary person. On this day in 2010 a Tunisian street vendor called Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest of the confiscation of […]
On this day in 1773 the famous Boston Tea Party took place. The Sons of Liberty, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships and […]
On this day in 1862 in the American Civil War the Battle of Fredericksburg took place. The Confederates were led by General Robert E. Lee, the Union by Major General […]
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