History & Mythology( Page 24 of 38 )

534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published. 1801 - First edition of New York Evening Post 1835 - Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1841 - Life preservers made...

Zeus, the  God of sky and thunder in ancient Greek who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. Zeus is...

1380 - King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12    1894 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" 1904 - King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade 1908 - Albert Einstein presents his...

1.    This so uncannily resembles the graveyard from Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire- Are they Death Eaters? 2.    Put this in your home and you wouldnt be able to sleep . .  those...

1.    Solway Firth Astronaut: Jim Templeton was taking photos of his young daughter and after getting them developed there appeared to have been a Spaceman in full astronaut gear standing behind her. Except there wasn’t...

1789 - Benjamin Franklin wrote "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." 1978 - NASA launches HEAO 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC....

295 - Origin of Era of Ascension              1799 - Andrew Ellicott Douglass witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida 1912 - Robert Scott's diary & body found in Antarctica 1933...

After Christian fighters captured Jerusalem during the First Crusade, groups of pilgrims from across Western Europe began visiting the Holy Land. During this journey, many were killed in this Muslim-controlled territory. Around 1118, a French knight...

1541 - Queen Catharine Howard confined in Tower of London 1911 - George Claude of Paris, France, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs. 1927 - Giant Panda discovered, China 1984 - A bronze statue titled...

1572 - Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia 1860 - Abraham Lincoln elected 16th American President 1913 - Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners' march in South Africa 2005 - "Harry Potter and...