The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and ...

The 16th July 1945 marked the start of the atomic age when the USA detonated the first nuclear bomb under the codename ...

The morning of the 14th July 1789 saw the beginning of the French Revolution when Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a large fortress, prison and ammunition store that symbolised everything that was wrong with the ...

The radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte ...

The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los ...

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou ...

On the 8th July 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average – a key indicator of the value of America’s biggest companies – fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression that began with the Wall Street ...

The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, the first international treaty that dealt with wildlife conservation issues, was ...

The bikini swimsuit was introduced for the first time, four days after an atomic test at the Bikini ...

On the 4th July 1950, Radio Free Europe – founded the previous year to transmit uncensored information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain – completed its first ...