History
On this day in 2018: English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died
Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the modern era, transformed humanity’s understanding of black holes, cosmology...
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On this day in 1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in St. Petersburg
Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in St. Petersburg on 13 March 1881, a violent end to the reign...
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On this day in 1999: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic became members of the NATO
On 12 March 1999, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic formally became members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),...
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In this day in 2020: The World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) formally declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, marking a historic moment in modern public...
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On this day in 1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
On 10 March 1969, James Earl Ray formally pleaded guilty in a Tennessee court to the assassination of American civil...
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On this day in 1934: Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first man to travel in space, was born in Russia
On March 9, 1934, Yuri Gagarin was born in the Soviet Union, a man whose name would become permanently linked...
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On this day: International Women’s Day, celebrating progress and confronting the challenges ahead
International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, recognises the achievements of women across social, economic, cultural and political spheres...
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On this day in 1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone
On 7 March 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell was granted United States Patent No. 174,465 for the telephone, marking one...
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On this day in 1924: King Tut’s tomb opened
On March 6, 1923, the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun reached a new stage of global prominence as news...
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On this day in 1953: Josef Stalin died
Josef Stalin remains one of the most consequential and controversial leaders of the twentieth century. As the dominant figure in...
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