Stauffenberg Attempt on Hitler's Life Claus Schenk Earl of Stauffenberg, one of the leading figures of the failed July 20 Plot of 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler

Apollo 11: First lunar landing in 1969 The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.

Warsaw Uprising in 1944 The Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by the Polish Home Army to liberate Warsaw from Nazi German occupation during World War II. The Uprising began on August 1, 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion.

Napoleon I. Emperor of France - portraits French General, Politician and Emperor | born August 8, 1769 Ajaccio (Corsica) | starting his military carreer after the outbreak of the French Revolution he became very popular in France as chief of command during the Italian Campaign and the Egyptian expedition

GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND, 1939. On the morning of 1 September 1939, the first day of World War II, German soldiers remove the barrier at the German-Polish border on the road to Zoppot, Gdingen and Danzig and proceed to invade Poland. German army photograph (Picture colorized later). GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND, 1939. On the morning of 1 September 1939, the first day of World War II, German soldiers remove the barrier at the German-Polish border on the road to Zoppot, Gdingen and Danzig and proceed to invade Poland. German army photograph (Picture colorized later).

Alexander von Humboldt Portraits of the natural scientist and geographer

Mahatma Gandhi 150th birthday

Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 1989 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall 09.11.1989

Suez Canal - Opening in 1869 In 1854 and 1856 Ferdinand de Lesseps obtained a concession from Said Pasha, the viceroy of Egypt, to create a company to construct a canal open to ships of all nations, according to plans created by engineers Linant de Bellefonds and Alois Negrelli.