On this day, New Year’s Eve is celebrated to commemorate the death of St. Sylvester, who was pope during the turning point of the history of Christianity, immediately aft...
It was a model of an Iguanodon, whose bowels were large enough to hold 22 English dignitaries. The menu from that dinner has been preserved, and reflects the eating habit...
St. Francis de Sales, a renowned saint of the Catholic Church, died on this day in 1622. By the year of birth – 1567 – he was roughly of the same generation as Galileo Ga...
The famous Westminster Abbey, probably the most notable religious building in the United Kingdom, was consecrated on this day in 1065. It is significant not only because...
It happened in the hall of the Salon Indien du Grand Café on the Paris Boulevard des Capucines. Ten short films were shown, among which was On this day the Lumière broth...
On this day in 1571, the renowned scientist Johannes Kepler was born. He was a contemporary of Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare. He lived at the time which was par...
The director of the film Casablanca was born on this day in 1886 in Budapest (then in Austria-Hungary), to Hungarian-Jewish parents. His real name was Manó Kaminer Kertés...
On Christmas Eve in 1818, the most famous Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht in the German original) was performed for the first time. This took place at the St....
