April 22nd
On this date in 1994, Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States died. Nixon's paranoia led to the misuse of the FBI for domestic spying and the creation of the "White House Plumbers [...]
April 21st
On this day in 1924 the most famous photo of The Loch Ness Monster was published by the British tabloid the Daily Mail. It came to be known as the surgeon's photo as it was supposedly [...]
April 20th
On this date in 1889 Adolf Hitler was born. Following World War I, this obscure Austrian rose to become the Chancellor of Germany with the help of many wealthy American, British and German industrialists. By [...]
April 19th
On this day in 1927 Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $500 for obscenity. Her Play Sex was a critical failure but a box office smash. There were 375 performances and [...]
April 18th
On this day in 1480 Lucrezia Borgia, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, was born. She is best remembered as a poisonner and as a femme fatale. She was the mother Alexander's eighth child and was involved [...]
April 17th
On this day in 1492 Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to search for a direct rout to the Orient. As we now know some islands in the Caribbean got in the way and [...]