It was not until 1818, when President James Monroe ordered the building to be repainted, that it acquired the iconic white color that we know today. The white paint was chosen to cover up the scorch marks left by the British attack. Over time, the name "White House" became more popular and eventually replaced the previous names, officially becoming its official name in 1901 when President Theodore Roosevelt began using the term consistently.
One year and one month after Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the CPSU and two months after the 27th Congress of the Party, the Chernobyl reactor 4 accident occurred due to human error. The events are chronicled in the HBO miniseries which has garnered the best audience reviews in IMDB h
Overthrowing governments is no easy feat. You dont have a good plan? You better stay home. Or read our guide. You will learn why the hardliners who tried to stop the decay of the Soviet Union through a military coup failed fortune. And why YOU will be more fortunate on the road to dictatorship.
After the May coup in 1926, there was a conviction in Jewish circles that Piłsudski would not let Jews be harmed. Is it right? The first years of the Second Polish Republic disappointed many people. National minorities had the greatest reasons for this. Anti-Semitism, drained from the end of the
The polar expedition of the airship Italia in 1928 was to be a spectacular success. It turned out to be a series of failures that cost the lives of half the crew. April 15, 1928, around 8:30 p.m. The airship Italia flying to the North Pole appeared in the sky over Katowice. Earlier that day, the c