On this Day

ON THIS DAY: Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin dies (1955)

On 11 March 1955, the world lost Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scottish physician and researcher whose groundbreaking discovery of penicillin revolutionised modern medicine. Fleming’s...

ON THIS DAY: The founding of Olympiacos CF (1925)

On 10 March 1925, one of Greece’s most historic and successful football clubs, Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus (Olympiacos CFP), was officially founded....

ON THIS DAY: Alexander Graham Bell receives patent for telephone (1876)

On this day, 7 March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the invention of the telephone, marking a significant milestone...

ON THIS DAY: The first Dracula film premieres (1922)

On March 5, 1922, cinema history was made with the premiere of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens), the first-ever...

ON THIS DAY: Arthur Conan Doyle writes first Sherlock Holmes story (1886)

On 4 March 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began writing what would become one of the most iconic detective stories of all time: A...