3 min read History #April 21, 753 BC: according to tradition, Romulus and Remus found Rome 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #April 18, 1480: wicked or sinless? The controversy life of Lucrezia Borgia, born on this day. 3 years ago Robin
2 min read History #April 17, 1969: Alexander Dubček, architect of Czechoslovakia’s Prague Spring, resigns 3 years ago Adam
3 min read History #April 16, 1850: Madame Tussaud’s dies on this day. Her bloody background 3 years ago Robin
2 min read History #April 13, 1928: First nonstop flight from Europe to North America 3 years ago Robin
4 min read History The curious history of the Milan area that remained immune to the plague: an eccentric marquis, a witch or simply coal? 3 years ago Anya016
4 min read History The remarkable story of Eyam’s self-quarantine in the 17th century 3 years ago Adam
2 min read History #March 27, 1887: Prince Albert Memorial’s architect died on this day 3 years ago Robin
4 min read History #March 21, 1152: Eleanor and the most expensive divorce in History! 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 15, 1889: the power of nature blows gunboat diplomacy out of the water in Apia Harbour, Western Samoa 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 13, 1770: Daniel Lambert – the heaviest person ever to have lived 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 9, 1974: the incredible Hiroo Onoda’s One-Man war finally ends 3 years ago Leo S
2 min read History #March 8, 1971: Frank Sinatra photographs the fight of the century 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 5, 1953: Dictator and mass murderer Stalin goes to his grave 3 years ago Pavel
3 min read History #March 4, 1975: Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace 3 years ago Nathan
2 min read History #March 2, 1998: The film “Titanic” became the first ever movie to earn 1 billion US dollars at the box office. 3 years ago Robin
2 min read History #February 29, 1504: The crafty Christopher Columbus’ leap year trick 3 years ago Leo S
3 min read History #February 28, 1874: the curious case of the “baronet” from Wagga Wagga 3 years ago Nathan
2 min read History #February 24, 1825: Thomas Bowdler, the man who Re-wrote the “Offensive” Shakespeare 3 years ago Robin
3 min read History #February 18, 1966: the casket that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy buried at sea. 3 years ago Leo S
4 min read History Don’t touch the Royals: the absurd death of the Queen of Siam in the 19th Century 3 years ago Adam
3 min read History Ramesses II: the first (and probably the last) mummy to receive a passport! 3 years ago Adam
2 min read History January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century. 3 years ago Anya016
4 min read History The Wonders of New York: a Midcentury Map packed with weird local stories 3 years ago Leo S
4 min read History The true story of Trim, the adventurous cat belonging to navigator Matthew Flinders 3 years ago Nathan