On this day in 1917, riots and demonstrations erupted in the city of Petrograd, now called St. Petersburg. The February Revolution, so named because Russia observed the Julian calendar at […]

On this day in 1996, the “Siege of Sarajevo” was officially terminated after nearly four years of constant attack. It became the longest siege in the history of modern warfare. […]

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked” (Isaiah 48:22). How well did Jacob Marley, the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, know this! In A Christmas Carol by Charles […]