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ON THIS DAY: Visionary author Arthur C Clarke dies (2008)

On this Day March 19, 2026 at 17:21

This day in 2008 marked the passing of one of the most visionary minds of the twentieth century, Arthur C Clarke, a writer whose...

ON THIS DAY: Jimmy Carter calls for a homeland for the Palestinians (1977)

On this Day March 16, 2026 at 19:28

On 16 March 1977, newly inaugurated United States President Jimmy Carter publicly stated that the Palestinian people should have a homeland, marking one of...

ON THIS DAY: The death of Anne Frank (1945)

On this Day March 12, 2026 at 15:47

On 12 March 1945, in the final months of the Second World War, the young German-Jewish girl Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration...

ON THIS DAY: Sharon Stone is born (1958)

On this Day March 10, 2026 at 21:25

On 10 March 1958, American actress Sharon Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Over the decades, Stone became one of Hollywood’s most...