The first sale of a usable electronic computer in history took place on this day. It was the famous UNIVAC, which was sold to the U.S. Census Bureau. UNIVAC stands for UN...
Japanese admiral Mineichi Koga was killed on this day in 1944. At the moment of his death, he held the position of the supreme commander of the Combined Fleet of the Impe...
This day in 1853 marked the birth of one of the most famous artists of all time – Vincent van Gogh. He was born in the small town of Zundert in the south of the Netherla...
The French retained their protectorate over most of Morocco all the way until 1956, i.e. for 44 years. On this day in 1912 the Moroccan sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Tre...
On this day in Hitler’s Germany a pilot Hans Dieterle set an absolute world speed record for aircraft. He was able to reach a speed of 746,606 km/h in a Heinkel He-100 fi...
Mehmed the Conqueror was a contemporary of Pope Alexander VI Borgia and Vlad the Impaler (popularly known as Dracula). Mehmed the Conqueror (Mehmed II) was born on this d...
The famous singer Norah Jones, winner of nine Grammy Awards, was born on this day as a child of the famous Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, one of the most famous Indian...
In 1987, on this day, the birthday of the famous painter Van Gogh, his painting Still Life – Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers was sold for what was then the record pric...
