On this day in 1917 the United States came into possession of the famous Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is interesting to note that they purchased these islands from...
Interestingly, the majority of American universities could not afford to purchase UNIVAC. In total, only 46 of these computers were delivered to various institutions. Th...
The Dalai Lama formed a sort of government in exile in the settlement McLeod Ganj near the Indian city of Dharamshala. It is located in northern India, at the foot of the...
A Prelude João Belchior Marques Goulart was born on 1 March 1918 in São Borja, Brazil, as the son of a rich farmer and landowner. He studied law at the Porto Alegre Unive...
The Eiffel Tower was formally inaugurated on this year. It was chosen to build the Tower in 1889 because it was the centennial of the French Revolution. The tower is made...
It is very interesting that David Eisenhower, the grandson of U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, married Julie Nixon – the daughter of President Richard Nixon. D...
The famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton died on this day. His work was so important for the development of physics and mathematics that he can certainly be considered one o...
The construction of the famous Titanic, the largest ship of its time, began on this day in 1909. The Titanic was built in the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Nor...
