Like Today: October 17, 1941 – The Massacre of Kerdyllia
After its occupation by the Axis troops, Greece was divided into three…
Today: October 18, 1851 – The famous novel Moby Dick is published
On October 18, 1851, the novel was published in London The whale…
Today: October 8, 1943 – The holocaust of Kallikrates of Sfakia
After the surrender of the Italians to the Allied Powers in September…
Like Today: October 9, 1912 – The Battle of Sarandaporos
By 1912, the Christian states of the Balkans were seriously considering the…
Today: October 10, 1920 – The referendum of Carinthia
World War I left behind a devastated Europe that bore little resemblance…
On This Day: 11 October 1899 – The Second Boer War breaks out
In 1899 South Africa was divided territorially: the Cape Colony and the…
