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Remembering Nirvana's MTV Unplugged On This Day

Source Waking up today with the weight of that date hanging in the air feels almost physical, like something subtle pressing against my chest, reminding me that

Martin Luther King Jr.

#TalDiacomoHoy el 04 de abril de 1968, es asesinado Martin Luther King Jr. a sus 39 años por un disparo de arma de fuego mientras se encontraba en el balcón del

Promise of a Lifetime

The Farmboy's cousin is getting married today, which was kind of a shocker for us because we often see him at the construction site, but we only learned about it

No power during 20 hours straight... Stranger than fiction, I know

'After Life’ was the series I was hooked on for the whole of 2020. A year that, although it seems exaggerated, I don't know if we still remember it as it was...

Today in History: Soviet Union officially dissolves

I don't know how much a part of your childhood the Soviet Union was but if you are my age and you lived in the the Western world that isn't USSR then you probably

[NBA OTD Thread] What Happened ON THIS DAY in NBA History - December 29

On December 29, 2006: Kobe Bryant went off for 58 Points against the Bobcats #OTD #OnThisDay #NBA #KobeBryant #LosAngelesLakers On December 29, 2020: Bucks broke

what happened on December 18 🤔

@snap-london 218 BC Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeat Roman forces on Italian soil 1271 Kublai Khan renames his

A coin for every occasion: 15th May 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots marries for third time...

Throughout May, ill be looking back at historical moments from the past. From conflicts to coronations, sporting moments to royal memories, and famous firsts and

Happy 79th Birthday Frank Zappa

T-shirts from my collection Today is the end of 'Zappadan' - stretching from 4th December, the day Frank Zappa died in 1993, to today, his birthday. FZ was famous

October third 1951: Home Run Hero

On this day a miraculous home run hit by Bobby Thompson in the bottom of the ninth inning wins the New York Giants the National League pennant over the Brooklyn

September twenty fourth 1988 - Temporary Gold

The Seoul Olympics: The scene is set for a showdown between Canadian, Ben Johnson and American, Carl Lewis, two titans of the track. The heats had been run and won

September nineteenth 1883 - Voting rights for women

These days it seems odd to think that women were once prohibited from voting - It wasn't just women either of course with many denied the ability to vote. This year

September sixteenth 1908 - GM [The making of a mega-company]

A high-school drop out created one of the largest and most globally-recognised companies on this day over a hundred years ago. It cost two thousand dollars to

September thirteenth 1996 - Tupac Shakur dies

One of the most recognisable faces in hop hop is Tupac Shakur even years after his death in 1996 from gunshot wounds sustained in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.

September tenth 1897 - Arrested for drink-driving

Smith is one of the most common of names in western society, in England it's the most common surname and also in Australia and America it's very prevalent - 2 million

September Seventh 1813 - America get's an uncle.

The name Uncle Sam is synonymous with the United States but why and who first came up with the iconic image? The name is linked to the 1812 war and the United States

Today in History: Amazon.com founded

The year was 1994 and I was in high school. Bellevue, Washington is a little-known location near Seattle and was Jeff Bezos' home at the time. These days I would

From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 20th June

Hi PALs, This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day. Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com,

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#onthisday Nobel Prize winning chemist Dororthy Hodgkin was born in 1910. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Hodgkin read chemistry at Oxford, receiving a first in 1932. After completing her

Strzał

Kiedy strzelił na niebie ukazała się tęcza... Z pewnością nie takich wieści oczekiwał w swoją noc poślubną. Tuż po pierwszej w nocy meldunek feldmarszałka Wilhelma