This day in 2007 marked the death of Ève Curie, the daughter of famous scientists Marie and Pierre Curie. Ève had a sister named Irène Joliot-Curie, who continued in her...
Former Albanian queen Geraldine died on this day in 2002, aged 87. She was the wife of King Zog of Albania, the former Albanian president who had declared himself king in...
Renowned scientist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi, whose research was of crucial importance for the discovery of vitamin C, died on this day. He had an inter...
The USS Constitution, the oldest warship still in service, was commissioned on this day in 1797. The USS Constitution is a wooden sailing ship, around 93 meters long and...
20-year old Australian pilot Frederick Valentich inexplicably disappeared on this day in 1978, while piloting his Cessna 182L aircraft. Valentich took off from a Melbourn...
On this day, the Japanese conducted their first kamikaze attack in World War II. This took place in late 1944, when Japan was already in full retreat before the more powe...
Thomas Alva Edison tested the first carbon-filament light bulb on this day. It is assumed that the test was successfully concluded because the light bulb managed to provi...
Charles VI, father of the well-known Empress Maria Theresa, died on this day in 1740. He was the last living male member of the Habsburg dynasty, probably the most powerf...