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Εάλω η Πόλις- The City has fallen

On a sunny Tuesday in May, the Queen of Cities fell. And Greeks have never stopped mourning her. 29 May 1453. The day the world...

ON THIS DAY: Poet Maya Angelou dies at 86 (2014)

Maya Angelou, celebrated poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, passed away at the age of 86. Born in 1928, Angelou rose from a childhood marked...

ON THIS DAY: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public (1937)

On 27 May 1937, one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States—and indeed the world—opened to the public: the Golden Gate Bridge,...

ON THIS DAY: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 2nd bed-in for peace (1969)

On 26 May 1969, John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, began their second Bed-In for Peace in Room 1472 of...

ON THIS DAY: Shakespeare’s sonnets first published (1609)

On 20 May 1609, one of the most significant publications in English literary history quietly made its way into the world: Shakespeare’s Sonnets, a...