History

On 27 August 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatau, located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, erupted with...

On 25 August 1883, the Treaty of Huế was signed between France and the Nguyễn dynasty, establishing a French protectorate...

On 24 August 1991, Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, declared independence from the collapsing Soviet Union. The act marked a...

On 23 August 1927, Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Massachusetts after a controversial trial that...

On 21 August 1968, forces from the Soviet Union and four Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the reform...

Latvia has formally declared its independence from the Soviet Union, marking a pivotal moment in the Baltic state’s pursuit of...

Leon Trotsky remains one of the most influential and controversial figures of the 20th century, remembered as a driving force...

An overwhelming majority of German voters in 1934 approved a referendum that officially merged the offices of President and Chancellor,...

On 18 August 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair officially came to a close in Bethel, New York, after...

When George Orwell published Animal Farm in 1945, he delivered a sharp and enduring critique of political power, totalitarianism and...