April 27, 1805 — The Battle of Derna commences
The first extra-territorial land battle fought by the armed forces of young United States of America. It is the source...
April 29, 2021
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March 9, 1902 — Gustav Mahler and Alma Schindler are married
Mahler and Schindler first met in November of 1901. Their marriage was considered a bad idea by most of their...
February 12, 2020
April 1, 1919 — Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus School
The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar, Germany (the town, not the government) by Walter Gropius, an architect. Ironically, as...
September 19, 2019
July 6, 1929 — Franz Werfel and Alma Mahler are married
Franz Werfel was husband number three for Alma Mahler. She’d already been having an affair with him and even living...
June 4, 2019
1942 — Franz Werfel’s “The Song of Bernadette” is published
A Jew from Prague who fled the Aunschluss in 1938, Franz Werfel was also a playwright noted for his satirical...
December 29, 2018
April 28, 1965 — US Marines occupy Santo Domingo
The Dominican Civil War was not even a week old before Lyndon Johnson decided that it posed a threat to...
June 1, 2017
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