The capture of Jerusalem was the primary goal of the First Crusade, a military campaign organized by western rulers, the Pope, and the Byzantine Empire. The First Crusade was conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine ...
What was the first case of expulsion by impeachment in the U.S. Senate? On this day in 1797, the U.S. Senate voted to impeach and expel Senator William Blount of Tennessee for disloyalty to the United States. But what, exactly, ...
Perhaps the most notorious drug lord the world has ever known was arrested on this day in 1991. The hardened criminal, Pablo Escobar, had evaded authorities for years until he finally surrendered to police after being cornered in Columbia. But ...