On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Buchenwald concentration camp is liberated (1945)

On this day in 1945, American soldiers of the 6th Armoured Division liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, revealing to the world...

ON THIS DAY: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published (1925)

On 10 April 1925, The Great Gatsby, the now-iconic novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Though met...

ON THIS DAY: Prince Charles marries Camilla (2005)

On 9 April 2005, after more than 30 years of a well-known and often controversial relationship, Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles in a...

ON THIS DAY: The discovery of the Venus de Milo

On the 8th of April, 1820, a young Greek farmer made an astonishing discovery. The farmer, named Yiorgos Kentrotas, was clearing stones on his...

ON THIS DAY: Celebrating World Stray Animals Day

Every year on 4th April, the world marks World Stray Animals Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the plight of millions of...