July

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Few advancements of the 20th century have done more to shrink the world than the jet engine, a piece of technology which successfully lifted the first…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons After more than 30 years organizing a variety of attacks against the British government, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) publicly ordered its members to take…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Dovia di Predappio is a small town in northeastern Italy located deep in the heart of Emilia-Romagna. On July 29, 1883, a boy by the name…

For seven days, Air France Flight 139 out of Athens had been out of its owners’ hands. Having left Greece on June 27th bound for Paris, the aircraft was soon…

According to historic evidences the site of Baghdad was occupied by several tribes. The historic center of Baghdad finds mention even in the Talmud. Though the Arab had conquered Mesopotamia…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons After successfully managing three tournaments at the Summer Olympics, Jules Rimet – the president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – finally saw his…

*Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The summer of 1931 was incredibly challenging throughout most of the United States. In the wake of the stock market crash in 1929, many were out…

On July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies famously declared independence from the British Monarchy by issuing a decree signed by the 56 men of the Second Continental Congress. Two…

Four miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, Robben Island stands as a monument to the quest to end apartheid. For three decades, it housed the activists regarded…

Three years after resigning his position as Chancellor to King Henry VIII due to the growing conflict between the monarchy and the Pope, Sir Thomas More was executed for treason…