Question of the Day

Which city is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World”?

Fact of the Day

Israel used piracy laws as the basis for prosecuting Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

Today in History

1453 Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), which falls on May 29

Today's Birthdays

1934 Horace Tapscott

1708 Johann George Reutter

1952 Udo Dirkshneider