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ON THIS DAY: The flawed hero, Oskar Schindler is born (1908)

On 28 April 1908, Oskar Schindler was born in Zwittau, Moravia, then part of Austria-Hungary and today Svitavy in the Czech Republic. History would...

ON THIS DAY: John Milton sells rights to ‘Paradise Lost’ for £10 (1667)

The English poet John Milton, already blind and living in relative poverty, agreed in 1667 to sell the publication rights of his epic poem...

ON THIS DAY: Avengers Endgame release (2019)

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame premiered internationally on April 25, 2019, becoming an immediate global phenomenon and one of the most significant moments in modern...

ON THIS DAY: Klimt’s “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” sells for €30 million (2024)

A long-lost masterpiece by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, made global headlines in 2024 after it sold for a record €30...

ON THIS DAY: Works begin on the Isthmus of Corinth (1882)

On this day, 23 April 1882, work officially began on the excavation of the Isthmus of Corinth, one of the most ambitious engineering undertakings...