On this day

Khalil Gibran died in New York on this day in 1931 (aged 48).

"Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself,
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed:
For love is sufficient unto love."
--from THE PROPHET (1923

1961 –
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer
space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.

100 years ago
24th April 1918

First tank-to-tank battle.
Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
(A technical win for the British)

35 years ago the STERN, a German Magazine publishes the finding of the Hiter diaries....A Major debacle which spawned a worthwile movie. Schtonk!

40 years ago Reinhold Messner and Peter habeler are the first men to erach the Mount Everst summit without the use of additional oxygen supply.

Originally posted by @ponderable
40 years ago Reinhold Messner and Peter habeler are the first men to erach the Mount Everst summit without the use of additional oxygen supply.

Gordon Bennett!

he died 100 years ago.

Talleyrand (in)famous French politiocian serving under several Regimes dies 17th of May1838

400 years ago today (23rd May)
People were thrown out of windows in Prague.

It started the Thirty Years War.

100 years ago today (29th May)
Battle of Sardarabad ended with Armenian victory.
Ensuring the survival of Armenia and stopping Turkish expansion.

65 years ago the east German people stood up against the regime.

The 17th of June ahs been our national holiday when Iw as young, being replaced by the 3rd of October after the reunification.

This very day! I mean, like... TODAY!!!

Mexico had one of its most glorious victories in modern sport. Always to be remembered.

World Cup Futbol - Russia 2018

Mexico - 1
Germany - 0

Wow!

Today 40 years ago the first Comic Strip featuring Garfield (the lagna Lover) was published.

The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought a group of 802 migrants to the port of Tilbury, near London, on 22 June 1948

Two years ago today. (Can you believe it? TWO years!)
The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.