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ON THIS DAY: Goethe (1749) and Tolstoy (1828) are born

On this Day August 28, 2025 at 15:46

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of Germany’s greatest literary figures...

ON THIS DAY: Federico García Lorca is born (1898)

On this Day June 5, 2025 at 13:33

On 5 June 1898, in the small town of Fuente Vaqueros near Granada, Spain, Federico García Lorca was born—destined to become one of the...

ON THIS DAY: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published (1925)

On this Day April 10, 2025 at 09:00

On 10 April 1925, The Great Gatsby, the now-iconic novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Though met...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Virginia Woolf and Eugène Ionesco

On this Day March 28, 2025 at 15:15

On 28 March 1941, the world lost one of its most influential literary figures, Virginia Woolf, a British novelist, essayist, and central figure in...

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

On this Day March 4, 2025 at 17:01

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

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International October 22, 2025 at 15:29

Gaza is facing a “health catastrophe” that will affect...

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