On July 25, 1909, French aviator Louis Blériot successfully flew across the English Channel. Louis Blériot, Birth Centenary Issued by Monaco in 2022 Designer and engraver: Pierre Albuisson ...

The Rosetta Stone is a black granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree by King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The decree, written in  54 lines of Greek, 32 lines of ...

On July 14 of that year, a Paris mob – hungry from a poor harvest and angry at the king and government for their suffering – stormed the Bastille prison, ...

Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author, was born June 22, 1913 in Szombathely. Weöres explored Eastern philosophy, myths, and children’s rhymes, all of which influenced his writing. His talents ...

Nigerian poet and novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe published his seminal work Things Fall Apart on June 17, 1958. The book would go on to be translated into 45 languages and sell 8 million copies ...

On June 11. 1644, Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli wrote to his friend Michelangelo Ricci describing his new invention, a mercury barometer. I have already called attention to certain ...