Category: Foreign Affairs
The Black Hand, the Guns of August and WW I
On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort Sophie, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip of the Black…
The Rosenbergs – a Tale of Spies
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electrocution under the Espionage Act of 1917 for sharing U.S. atomic warfare secrets…
The Statue of Liberty and Freedom
On this day in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America for…
The Stars and Stripes, Flag Day and Nuclear Stockpiles
Today’s date marks a notable confluence of coincidentally related events in history, like a river bending tightly in on itself. To begin, it was on…
The Miracle at Dunkirk
On this day in 1940, Operation Dynamo, universally known as the Miracle at Dunkirk, comes to an official close; nearly a quarter-million Allied troops were…
Dag Hammarskjold – the Youngest Secretary General of the UN
On this day in 1953, Swedish economist and statesman Dag Hammarskjold is elected United Nations Secretary-General by a vote of 57-1. At 47, he was…
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