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ON THIS DAY: First successful wagon train to California left (1841)

On this Day May 15, 2026 at 16:48

Historic journey began on this day On this day in 1841, the first emigrant wagon train to successfully reach California departed from Independence, Missouri, beginning...

ON THIS DAY: the first smallpox vaccination (1796)

On this Day May 14, 2026 at 16:58

A medical breakthrough in 1796 On this day in 1796, English physician Edward Jenner carried out what is widely recognised as the world’s first successful...

ON THIS DAY: Hindenburg disaster shocks world (1937)

On this Day May 6, 2026 at 16:45

Airship explodes in flames On this day in 1937, the Hindenburg disaster stunned the world when the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into...

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

On this Day April 28, 2026 at 15:00

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...