Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczy?ska. The marriage of **King Louis XV of France and Maria Leszczy?ska of Poland** took place in 1725 and…

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston was one of the most influential figures in early Texas…

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America…

Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul’s Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. The…

A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September of 1972” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the…

The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.

The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerwald_Conference’]

Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany. Early on the morning of August 24, 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a 10-year non-aggression pact,…

New York City hold the first United States Labor Day parade.