Peter Strelzyk and Gnter Wetzel, who had expertise in mechanics and construction, worked for nearly a year and a half to construct a balloon capable of carrying their families of four adults and four ...

Gilles de Rais was found guilty of murder, sodomy, and heresy after confessing to his involvement in the murder of children and engagement in occult practices, seeking power and knowledge through alchemy and the invocation of ...

Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the ...

An explosion propelled a tamping iron into Gages left cheek before it passed behind his left eye and exited through the top of his skull, destroying much of his brains left frontal ...

The Persians suffered over 6,000 casualties, while the Athenians lost only 192 men, leading to a decisive Athenian victory that saw the invaders retreat to their ...

Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George ...

Hungary had been inundated with East Germans since the government began removing the border fence in ...

Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USAs most popular television show, for the first ...

Designed by the Spanish engineer and naval officer Isaac Peral, the Peral submarine marked a significant development in naval technology as it featured a revolutionary propulsion system that used electric batteries to power a pair of 30hp electric ...

With the impressive Ganj-i-Sawai incapacitated, Everys crew boarded the ship and looted the valuable cargo, which is estimated to have been worth hundreds of thousands of pounds at the ...