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ON THIS DAY: International mathematics day

Every year on March 14, the world celebrates International Mathematics Day, widely known as Pi Day, honoring the mathematical constant π (pi), whose first...

ON THIS DAY: Astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus (1781)

On this day in 1781, astronomer William Herschel made a groundbreaking discovery that expanded humanity’s understanding of the solar system. While conducting a routine...

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...