May 20, 1929: Unofficially referred to as the Wickersham Commission, the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was founded by President Herbert Hoover and served throughout his administration. Its mission was to investigate […]
May 8, 1962: Karen A. Page was born in Warren, Michigan. She is an author best known for her books on food and wine written collaboratively with her husband Andrew Dornenburg. Some titles include […]
December 18, 890: Abd al-Rahman III was born. He was an Umayyad prince, who controlled Cordoba as its Emir and then as its Caliph from 912 to 961 CE. His proclamation of the second […]
August 7, 1953: The first official classification of Graves wines was ratified by ministerial decree on 7 August 1953. August 7, 1954: Simon Woolf was born. He collaborated with Ryan Opaz to offer a […]
March 27, 1676: Francis II Rakoczi was born. Francis II Rákóczi was the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary and the leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against […]
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