On this day in 1963, the world’s longest floating bridge was opened – the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge in the U.S. state of Washington. The bridge connects the areas o...
On this day Elizabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, was born to a German Protestant prince. As a young girl she became greatly renowned for her beauty. W...
The renowned Charles Rolls, founder of the Rolls-Royce company, was born to family of wealthy British aristocrats on this day. His father was Lord Llangattock, a prominen...
The famous Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia, died on this day in 1975. Less than a year before his death, he had been deposed by...
St Faustina, born Helena Kowalska, was born in Glogowiec in Poland on this day. This part of Poland was then part of the Russian Empire; Russian emperor Nicholas II also...
James Watt, one of the world’s most famous inventors, died on this day in 1819. He was a Scottish, born on the banks of the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, where the river...
On this day in 1914, the Germans committed one of the most terrifying culturecides of World War I. They burned the library of the Catholic University of Leuven, the most...
On this day in 1609, the famous scientist Galileo Galilei presented his version of the telescope to the Venetian doge and other senior officials in Venice. The telescope...