History

Yoshiro Mori, a senior figure within the Liberal Democratic Party, assumed office as Prime Minister of Japan in April 2000,...

In 1975, two childhood friends from Seattle — Bill Gates and Paul Allen — laid the foundation for what would...

On 3 April 1924, Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska, a moment that would later be recognised as the...

In April 1982, Argentine troops landed on the Falkland Islands, initiating a brief but consequential conflict with the United Kingdom...

Observed every year on 1 April, April Fools’ Day continues to blur the line between humour and deception, with its...

The Eiffel Tower was officially inaugurated on 31 March 1889, when engineer Gustave Eiffel led dignitaries and journalists to the...

In 1867, the United States completed one of the most consequential territorial acquisitions in modern history, purchasing Alaska from the...

In 1936, Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann made a breakthrough that fundamentally changed scientific understanding of the Earth’s interior, revealing that...

Marc Chagall remains one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century art, blending folklore, memory and modernism into a visual...

Cleopatra VII was reinstated as queen of Egypt in 47 BC following a decisive intervention by Julius Caesar, marking a...