The well-known Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila died on this day. He became famous for winning the gold Olympic medal in 1960, after running the marathon barefoot....
Eduard Einstein was the son of the scientific genius Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić, a Serbian mathematician and physicist. Mileva was born in the town of Titel in mode...
Nazi politician Robert Ley – one of the most famous people in Germany on the eve of World War II – died on this day. Namely, Adolf Hitler personally appointed Robert Ley...
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, a well-known Croatian paleontologist, was born in Zagreb in 1856. His birth name was Karl, but he Croatized it to Gorjanović at the age of...
On this day in World War II, the Americans managed to sink the largest battleship in history – the Japanese Musashi. That mighty ship belonged to the Yamato class, and wa...
On this day in 1946, the first photos of Earth were taken from space. It is very interesting that this was done using V-2 rockets which were designed in the time of Nazi...
One of the most famous cathedrals in the world, the Notre-Dame de Chartres, was consecrated on this day in 1260. It is considered a true masterpiece of high gothic archit...
One of the most famous cathedrals in the world, the Notre-Dame de Chartres, was consecrated on this day in 1260. It is considered a true masterpiece of high gothic archit...