1939 - In Romania, Prime Minister Armand Calinescu was murdered by the fascist Iron Guard.
1964 - Malta became independent after 164 years of British...
1928 - The Grand Fascist Council became Italy's supreme legislative body, replacing the Chamber of Deputies.
1979 - Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Empire...
1955 - Encircled by revolutionary forces, President Juan Peron of Argentina resigned and fled into exile.
1961 - Jamaica voted in a referendum to secede...
1961 - Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish statesman and Secretary-General of the United Nations, was killed in a plane crash in what was then Northern Rhodesia.
1964...
1935 - Manuel Quezon y Molina was elected first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, established under U.S. tutelage.
1948 - Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden,...
Birth
The talented actress Hale Berry was born August 14th, 1966.
Death
Civil Rights Activist, songwriter, jazz vocalist and actress, Abbey Lincoln, passed away August 14th, 2010.
1959
In...
Birth
One of film's greatest influencers, Alfred Hitchcock was born in 1899
Death
Television chef Julia child died 2004.
1935
Roller derby has its inception in 1935.
1997
Famous for its...
