On This Day - 1942 - A Year After The “Final Solution” Was Devised, News of Death Camp Murders Broke
On this day in 1942, a Warsaw underground newspaper, the Liberty Brigade, makes public the news of the gassing of tens of thousands of...
Music History: On This Day - 1962 - The British Invasion Begins
If you’d told a randomly selected group of American music fans in the spring of 1962 that a British act would soon achieve total...
On This Day - 1927 - Charles Lindbergh Completes First Solo, Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic...
Clashes Erupt Amid 'Jerusalem Day' March Through Old City
Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day in Herbew) is the anniversary of the liberation and unification of Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty...
On This Day - 1952 - Talking Heads' David Byrne Was Born
David Byrne is an Oscar winning composer, songwriter and singer, best known for being frontman of the New Wave/punk band Talking Heads,...
On This Day - 1997 - IBM’s Supercomputer Deep Blue Beats Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue makes chess history by defeating Garry Kasparov, the chess champion widely regarded as the greatest who has...
On This Day In History - 1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Was Born
Biography Composer (1840–1893) Synopsis Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Vyatka, Russia. His work was first...
