On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Leif Erikson reaches Vinland (1000 AD)

More than 500 years before Columbus, Leif Erikson- son of Erik the Red- set foot on what he called Vinland, believed by most historians...

ON THIS DAY: The day that didn’t exist (1582)

Imagine going to sleep on 4 October and waking up on the 15th. That’s what happened in parts of Europe in 1582, when several...

ON THIS DAY: The death of Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most influential writers and poets, died on this day in 1849 in Baltimore,...

ON THIS DAY: World Cerebral Palsy day

6 October has been established as World Cerebral Palsy Day, following an initiative by non-governmental organisations associated with the condition. The day aims to...

ON THIS DAY: The Thessaloniki International Fair opens (1926)

On 3 October 1926, the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki hosted the first Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), an event that would grow to become...