Elvis Aron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in the Mississippi city of Tupelo. Elvis was actually one half of a set of twins. His twin brother, later named Jesse Garon Presley, died during birth, which was not terribly uncommon for a family in 1935 Mis... See more
Charles Edward Stuart (‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie ’), the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland was born in the Palazzo Muti, Rome on December 31, 1720. His father, Prince James Stuart the old pretender, had been g... See more
After hearing news that the anointed King of the Jews had recently been born, King Herod , announced his intention of slaying all children aged two years or younger in the vicinity of Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph, along with the baby Jesus , fled to Egypt t... See more
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor , was born in Iesi, near Ancona, Italy on December 26, 1194 to the emperor Henry VI and forty-year-old Constance of Sicily. King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 122... See more
Today is Christmas Eve . Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on the night of the 24th, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset. The practice of celebrating the evening before Christmas... See more
