Terrorism
This Day In History: Carlos The Jackal Attacks OPEC HQ (1975)
On this day in 1975 one of the most notorious terrorists of the 1970s leads an attack on the OPEC…
This Day In History: Pan Am Flight 103 Is Blown Up Over Lockerbie (1989)
On this day in 1988, an airplane was blown out of the sky, full of people going home for Christmas.…
This Day In History: The Governor of Colorado Send The Militia Into Cripple Creek (1903)
On this day in the Old West, the Colorado governor sends in the state militia to a mining town in…
This Day In History: This Day In History Iranian Students Storm the US Embassy (1979)
This day in history in 1978 the American Embassy in Teheran was stormed. There was an ongoing revolution in the…
This Day In History: Palestinian Terrorists Hijack A German Passenger Plane (1977)
On this day in history, a gang of Palestinians hijacked an airliner and demanded the release of members of a…
This Day In Histroy: The USS Cole Is Attacked By Suspected Al Qaeda Terrorists (2000)
On this date in 2000 terrorists launched a daring attack on the USS Cole. The ship, a destroyer, was one of…
Colombians Reject Peace Deal With FARC: These Five Attacks Help Explain Why
Recently, the Colombian people rejected a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) in a nation-wide…
4 Recent Major Conflicts That You Have (Probably) Never Heard Of
It seems like the world is constantly at war. Turn on the news, or head to a popular news website,…
10 Terror Hostage Situations That Changed The World
Rescuing a hostage is always taking a substantial risk. It is going into a hostile situation knowing that the enemy…
This Day In History: President McKinley Is Shot (1901)
On this day in history in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and seriously wounded. The President was greeting people…