On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia (1917)

On this day in 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution begins with the bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd, the event that would mark the...

ON THIS DAY: Gunpowder, treason, and plot (1605)

On 5 November 1605, authorities uncovered one of the most notorious conspiracies in British history — the Gunpowder Plot. The plan, led by a...

ON THIS DAY: The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb (1922)

On 4 November 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in history- the Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt’s Valley...

ON THIS DAY: The Soviets detonate Tsar Bomba (1961)

On 30 October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba over the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, producing the most...

ON THIS DAY: the Black Tuesday stock market crash of 1929

On 29 October 1929- a day now known as Black Tuesday- the United States stock market collapsed, wiping out billions of dollars in value...