History
On this day in 1898: Brad’s Drink became Pepsi-Cola
On this day in 1898, pharmacist Caleb Bradham began marketing his popular fountain drink under a new name: Pepsi-Cola. The...
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On this day in 1896:The 38-minute war that reshaped Zanzibar
On this day in 1896, Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar fought what is widely regarded as the shortest war...
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On this day in 1883: The day Krakatau began to tear itself apart
On 26 August 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatau entered the climactic phase of an eruption that would become one...
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On this day in 1944: Paris liberated
On 25 August 1944, Paris was liberated after more than four years of German occupation. French Resistance fighters, General Philippe...
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On this day in 79 CE: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius
In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted with devastating force, burying prosperous Roman communities beneath ash, pumice and volcanic debris. Pompeii...
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On this day in 2023: India became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon
Three years ago today, India became only the fourth country to achieve a controlled landing on the Moon, marking a...
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On this day in 2004: The Scream is stolen The Scream (1893), a painting by Edvard Munch, was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo,
Masked gunmen walked into an Oslo museum in broad daylight and escaped with two of Norway’s most important cultural treasures....
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On this day in 1911: The theft that made the Mona Lisa immortal
On 21 August 1911, Italian museum worker Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre carrying Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa...
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On this day in 1968: The Warsaw Pact, led by the Soviet Union, invaded Czechoslovakia
On the night of 20 August 1968, Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia, bringing an abrupt end to the Prague...
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On this day in 2004: Google’s $1.66 billion auction IPO challenged Wall Street tradition
On 19 August 2004, search engine company Google Inc. entered the public markets through one of the technology sector’s most...
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