On this day in 1917 the United States came into possession of the famous Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is interesting to note that they purchased these islands from...
A Prelude João Belchior Marques Goulart was born on 1 March 1918 in São Borja, Brazil, as the son of a rich farmer and landowner. He studied law at the Porto Alegre Unive...
The Eiffel Tower was formally inaugurated on this year. It was chosen to build the Tower in 1889 because it was the centennial of the French Revolution. The tower is made...
The famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton died on this day. His work was so important for the development of physics and mathematics that he can certainly be considered one o...
The construction of the famous Titanic, the largest ship of its time, began on this day in 1909. The Titanic was built in the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Nor...
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...
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...
