On this day the Bouvet Island – the most isolated island on the entire planet – was discovered. Namely, this island is more than 1,600 kilometers away from the nearest la...
The anniversary of the date when euro notes and coins were introduced as means of payment is celebrated on this day. At first it was accepted by 12 states, but in the mea...
On this day in 1993, Czechoslovakia was divided into two republics – the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The dissolution of Czechoslovakia into two independent republics – t...
At a time when the European Economic Community was created (1958), France and Belgium still had enormous colonial possessions in Africa, so the EEC in some way included t...
The U.S. automobile company Chevrolet was founded on this day in 1911. It is not widely known that the brand is named after the Swiss man Louis Chevrolet, born in the cit...
Famous American cardinal Richard Cushing died on this day in 1970. He was a personal friend of the president’s family. He served as the Archbishop of Boston for nea...
On this day in 1889, North and South Dakota became U.S. States. It is interesting that these two states have the highest percentage of population of German origin in the...
The currently reigning king of Thailand – Bhumibol Adulyadej – was born on this day in 1927. He is also, according to the Forbes magazine, the richest monarch in the worl...