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1647 Victor-Maurice de Broglie was born in the De Broglie house, a noble family originally from Piedmont. He was the […]

According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where

1918 US Army mess cook Private Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley, Kansas becomes the first documented case of Spanish flu.

1738 Benjamin Tupper (March 11, 1738 – June 7, 1792)[1] was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and

Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958)[1] was an American military aviator best known for his leadership

1745 John Gunby (March 10, 1745 – May 17, 1807) was an American planter and soldier from Somerset County, Maryland

The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the

1753 Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. After having served one year in the French

The term ‘war brides’ originally referred to women who quickly married before their husbands left for military service. By the

1697 Anne Bonny (8 March 1697 – unknown; possibly Dec. 29, 1733) was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean,