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ON THIS DAY: Galileo discovers four moons of Jupiter

On this Day January 7, 2026 at 16:57

A breakthrough that reshaped astronomy On this day in January 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made one of the most important discoveries in the history...

ON THIS DAY: The storming of the US Capitol (2021)

On this Day January 6, 2026 at 14:00

On this day in history, as Congress met to certify the result of the 2020 presidential election, supporters of Donald Trump disrupted proceedings by...

ON THIS DAY: Celebrating the birth of Umberto Eco (1932)

On this Day January 5, 2026 at 15:17

On 5 January 1932, one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th and early 21st centuries was born in Alessandria, Italy. Umberto Eco...

ON THIS DAY: First photograph of the Moon, probably (1839)

On this Day January 2, 2026 at 15:04

On this day in 1839, Louis Daguerre- one of the earliest pioneers of photography- is thought to have taken the first-ever photograph of the...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)

On this Day December 26, 2025 at 17:00

A disaster that unfolded without warning On 26 December 2004, a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that struck coastlines...

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