A century ago, on August 1st 1914, Germany declared war on Russia and one of the most murdering conflicts in human history started. But the first world war was to have more terrific impacts on human lives than any other conflict ever: the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, the rise of totalitarisms and World War

According to many, he could have been a great president. But Richard Nixon apparently surrendered to some personal defaults that destroyed his presidency, launched suspicions and inquiries against him, that inevitably led to the impeachment and his resignation on August 9th, 1974. Read the New Yorker article.