On this day in 1997: Italian playwright Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Italian playwright Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his work that blends satire, political commentary, and...
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On this day in 1970: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
On this day in 1970, Russian author and dissident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, recognised...
On this day in 1944: UN’s foundations built
On this day in 1944, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., marking a pivotal step in the creation...
On this day in 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated
Anwar Sadat’s legacy remains one of the most complex and consequential in modern Middle Eastern history. Revered by some as...
On this day in 2011: Steve Jobs died
Few individuals have transformed modern life as profoundly as Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. His relentless pursuit of...
On this day in 1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the beginning...
On this day in 1990: Germany reunified
On 3 October 1990, Germany was officially reunified, marking the end of four decades of post-war division and symbolising a...
On this day in 2017: American singer and songwriter Tom Petty died
Tom Petty, one of America’s most iconic rock musicians, left behind a catalogue of music that continues to resonate across...
Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become world chess champion
On this day in 1972, American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Reykjavik to claim...
On this day in 1955: American actor James Dean died
James Dean remains one of the most iconic figures in American cinema, despite a career cut short by his death...
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