Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. Fidel Castro was one of the most influential and controversial…

Hezbollah is founded. Hezbollah is a Shiite Islamist militant group and political party based in Lebanon, founded in the early 1980s with support from Iran…

Hezbollah is founded. Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon. Its name, which means “Party of Allah” or “Party…

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.

Hezbollah is founded.

Hezbollah is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah’]

The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution,…

Hezbollah is founded. The ideology of Hezbollah has been summarized as Shiite radicalism. Hezbollah was largely formed with the aid of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s followers…