On this Day

ON THIS DAY: The death of Anne Frank (1945)

On 12 March 1945, in the final months of the Second World War, the young German-Jewish girl Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration...

ON THIS DAY: COVID-19 declared a global pandemic (2020)

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. The announcement came from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as...

ON THIS DAY: Sharon Stone is born (1958)

On 10 March 1958, American actress Sharon Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Over the decades, Stone became one of Hollywood’s most...

ON THIS DAY: Barbie makes her iconic debut (1959)

In 1959, Barbie made her first appearance at the American Toy Fair in New York, introducing a new kind of doll to the world....

ON THIS DAY: Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali (1964)

In 1964, Cassius Clay, the reigning heavyweight boxing champion, made one of the most defining decisions of his life. He joined the Nation of...