On This Day: 1932 - Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appo
Within the Brunswick government, the decision was not without internal friction.
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Featured Read Sergeant Kunze of the 24th Brandenburg Regiment squeezed his frame through a narrow embrasure, expecting a hail of French lead or...
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On This Day: 1945 - During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribach
Core Event Summary The ascent of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, was a tactical necessity during the early phase of the...
On This Day: 1945 - Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań
The image of a city's liberation often conjures scenes of cheering crowds, flower-strewn tanks, and a swift retreat by a defe...
On This Day: 1744 - War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be c
By the early weeks of 1744, the Mediterranean had become a pressure cooker of geopolitical ambition and personal loathing.
On This Day: 1943 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of
This was the moment abstract political philosophy became a tangible, visual reality.
On This Day: 1933 - United States Congress
Fast Background The road to February 20, 1933, began with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment on January 16, 1919.
On This Day: 1714 - The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia
The biting frost of February 19, 1714, clings to the pines of Isokyrö, a landscape where the breath of men and horses hangs i...
On This Day: 1637 - Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchan
High on the cliffs of Cornwall, a shepherd might have looked out to see a horizon choked with canvas and fire.
On This Day: 1944 - Operation Hailstone
The morning of February 17, 1944, broke with a deceptive stillness over the turquoise waters of Truk Lagoon.
On This Day: 1940 - Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HM
The freezing mist clung to the sheer, jagged cliffs of the Jøssingfjord on the evening of February 16, 1940.
On This Day: 1933 - In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D
The scene at Bayfront Park in Miami on the evening of February 15, 1933, remains one of the most scrutinized moments in Ameri...
On This Day: 1493 - While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon hi
This letter served as the official announcement of the existence of the New World to the European public.
On This Day: 1690 - Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibi
It assumes that because Cantemir was a veteran of the Ottoman military machine, his allegiance was singular and his intellect...