On This Day: January 4, 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to approach the Moon
Luna 1 was the first of a series of Soviet spaceships which…
Like Today: January 5, 1913 – The naval battle of Lemnos
A decisive role in the victory of Greece in the Balkan Wars…
On This Day: December 25, 1991 – The Soviet Union dissolves
When the Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the duties of general secretary of the…
Like Today: December 26, 1944 – Winston Churchill in Athens
The liberation of most of mainland Greece from the occupying forces in…
On This Day: December 27, 1831 – Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle begins
THE Charles Darwinwho had shown great interest in her nature while studying…
On This Day: 28 December 1065 – Westminster Abbey is inaugurated
The Westminster Abbey it is a work of great architecture and not…
On This Day: December 29, 1845 – Texas is incorporated into the United States
The story of United States of America presents many interesting chapters, from…
On This Day: December 30, 2006 – Saddam Hussein is executed
As the whole world prepared to say goodbye to 2006, on December…
On This Day: December 20, 1522 – The Johnites surrender Rhodes to Suleiman the Magnificent
The Knights of St John, a Roman Catholic monastic order, had taken…
On This Day: December 21, 1919 – Emma Goldman is deported to Soviet Russia
OR Emma Goldman was born on June 27, 1869 in the Jewish…
