On this Day

ON THIS DAY: The Curies isolate radioactive radium (1902)

Curie couple isolate radium chloride On this day in 1902, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie successfully isolated radium chloride, marking a major milestone in the study of radioactivity. After years...

ON THIS DAY: Dimitris Mitropanos died (2012)

On this day, 17 April 2012, Greece lost one of its most iconic voices, Dimitris Mitropanos, a singer whose career shaped modern Greek popular...

ON THIS DAY: First modern Olympics held in Athens (1986)

A revival born in Athens On April 15, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games came to a close at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, marking...

ON THIS DAY: The night the RMS Titanic sinking began (1912)

On the night of April 14, 1912, the world’s largest and most luxurious ocean liner, the RMS Titanic, was nearing the end of its...

ON THIS DAY: 200 year since the Exodus of Messolonghi (1826)

In April 1826, Messolonghi was starving. For nearly a year, Ottoman forces had surrounded the town. Supplies were gone. Horses were eaten. Then mules. Then...