The hit movie King Kong premiered on this day in 1933, in New York. The movie caused a true sensation, since the animation of the huge gorilla in stop-motion was truly im...
Gioachino Rossini, the famous Italian composer, was born on this day in 1792. He was born in the town of Pesaro in central Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Pesaro...
On this day in 1938 the first science fiction TV program in history was broadcast. It was an adaptation of Karl Čapek’s science fiction drama R.U.R. These initials...
This day in 1881 marked the death of famous Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. The writer died in St. Petersburg, which was at that time the capital of the...
It was his third and favorite wife and she died giving birth to their 14th child. During his reign the Taj Mahal was built, and the Mughal Empire flourished, covering mos...
One of the more recent theories assumes that Constanze Weber spent a lot of money on herself, especially on her mother and sisters, which led to the fact that the poor Mo...
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...
