On This Day

60 years ago "Dr. Strangelove" had premiere

91 years ago the "Machtergreifung" happened 🙁

1643: Abel Tasman command the first European ship, that reached the Fiji islands on February 6th.

60 years ago the Beatles had their famous television appearnace in the Ed Sullivan Show.

James cook died 245 years ago.

Madama Butterfly premieres in Milano 1904

The treaty of Westminster, giving Niuew Nederland to England was signed 350 years ago.

70 years ago Castle Bravo (a hydrogen bomb) was exploded. With 15 MT it is stil the biggest nuclear explosion made by a test of the US military.

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

~ Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

25 years ago Stanley Kubrick died...

10 years ago MH370 vanished, and is still not found.

70 yeras ago the famous KGB was founded in the Sowjet union.

Sun, Mar 17, 2024

This Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day While it may be an informal drinking holiday for many Americans, it is actually a national holiday in Ireland and a source of great pride.

-VR

10 years ago the crimea was annected...

Johannespassion von Joh. Seb. Bach uraufgeführt

(prmiere of the St. John's Passion by J.S. Bach)

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