On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Poet Napoleon Lapathiotis commits suicide (1944)

81 years have passed since the suicide of poet Napoleon Lapathiotis on 7 January 1944, in German-occupied Athens. Α "bohemian" poet, one of the...

ON THIS DAY: Singer and performer Sakis Rouvas is born (1972)

On 5 January 1972, Sakis Rouvas, one of Greece’s most beloved and influential pop artists, was born in the island of Corfu. Renowned for...

ON THIS DAY: Albert Camus dies in a tragic car accident (1960)

On 4 January 1960, Albert Camus, the renowned French author and philosopher, tragically lost his life in a car accident at the age of...

ON THIS DAY: J.R.R. Tolkien is born (1892)

On 3 January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, was born in Bloemfontein, in the Orange Free State, a former...

ON THIS DAY: The first photograph of the moon (1839)

On 2 January 1839, French photographer Louis Daguerre achieved a remarkable milestone in the history of photography and astronomy by capturing the first photograph...