On this day back in 1006, therefore in the early Middle Ages, the brightest supernova in recorded human history exploded in the sky. It was an explosion of a star about 7...
On this day in 1986, the greatest nuclear disaster in recorded world history occured. Reactor number four exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about 110 kilome...
Leon Battista Alberti, probably the earliest example of a versatile Renaissance man, like the one Leonardo da Vinci later became, died on this day. Namely, Alberti was bo...
One kilogram of carcinogenic plutonium-238 was dispersed in the Earth’s atmosphere. It turned out that virtually the entire surface of the globe was affected by this poll...
The tragic anniversary of the start of the largest marine oil spill in world history falls on this day. It was on that day in 2010 that an oil platform run by the compan...
The first Indian satellite – Aryabhata – was launched into Earth’s orbit at an altitude of about 600 kilometers, so it circled the planet every 96.3 minutes. On this day ...
On this day in 1949 began the construction of the U.S. warship that was to become the largest aircraft carrier in history of the world so far (a so-called “supercarrier”)...
Apollo 13 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from the nearest islands. On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 managed to return to Earth despite severe proble...