Today the great experimentalist Michael Faraday induced the first electrical current. Faraday would later use the principles he had...

Today in 1880 Cologne Cathedral was finished. It was Germany's largest cathedral and for four years it was the tallest building in the...

The astronaut Buzz Aldrin took communion on the surface of the moon after landing successfully with the Apollo 11 mission. This was the...

Samuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...

Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...

Today in 1918 the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars. This brought another...

The fifth of January is the twelfth day of Christmas and so today we look at the rich tradition of Twelfth Night. In Spain, Twelfth...