Tag: onthisday

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Virginia Woolf and Eugène Ionesco

On this Day March 28, 2025

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: War of Greek Independence (1821)

On this Day March 25, 2025

War of Greek Independence, (1821–32), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent kingdom of Greece. The rebellion...

ON THIS DAY: Pink Floyd release The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

On this Day March 24, 2025

On 24 March 1973, British rock legends Pink Floyd released their iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon in the United Kingdom —...

ON THIS DAY: Celebrating world Down Syndrome day

On this Day March 21, 2025

In December 2011, the General Assembly declared 21 March as World Down Syndrome Day (A/RES/66/149). The General Assembly decided, with effect from 2012, to...