On this day in 1875, Matthew Webb (born at Dawley in Shropshire, England) began his “expedition”, and became known as the first person to swim the English Channel. It too...
The Moscow Olympic Games were ended on this day in 1980. These were the 22nd modern Olympic Games, and are notable for being boycotted by around 50 countries. The boycott...
The first World Cup began on this day in 1930. It took place in the relatively small South American country of Uruguay because the Uruguayan national football team won th...
On this day American multimillionaire Howard Hughes started a record-breaking flight around the world. In fact, he managed to make a trip around the world in just 91 hour...
On this day in 1921 Eunice Kennedy, sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, was born as the fifth child. Eunice was about four years younger than her brother who became...
On this day Goran Ivanišević achieved the greatest success in the history of Croatian tennis, winning the prestigious Wimbledon tournament in the UK. In the finals on th...
On this day a scandalous boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield took place, in which Tyson bit his opponent and tore a piece of his ear with his teeth. Th...
One of the earliest long-distance automobile races began on this day. It was the Peking to Paris rally, held in 1907 – the time when the motor car was still a technical n...
