On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Ernest Hemingway is born (1899)

On 21 July 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. Over the course of the 20th century, he would go on...

ON THIS DAY: The Spanish Civil War begins (1936)

On 17 July 1936, a military uprising led by General Francisco Franco marked the beginning of one of the most brutal and ideologically charged...

ON THIS DAY: first atomic bomb tested (1945)

On 16 July 1945, the world entered the atomic age. In the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in history-...

ON THIS DAY – The first anniversary of the Coup (1975)

The sirens that sounded again today at 8:20 in the morning served as a chilling reminder that fifty one years have passed since the...

ON THIS DAY: Bastille Day and the birth of the French Revolution (1789)

Historical turning point On 14 July 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille – a medieval fortress and prison in the heart of Paris – in an...