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10 Lost Technologies
Our Ancient people were far more advanced than we could even comprehend; they had computers, swords that can slice through steel, death rays, and...
History of February 4
1847 1st US telegraphs company established in Maryland
1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1859 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in...
History of February 3
1488 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai
1509 The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1690 1st paper money in...
History of February 1
1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat....
History of January 30
1487 Bell chimes invented
1649 - England's King Charles I was beheaded.
1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed...
History of January 28
1077 German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Gregory VII after his penitent Walk to Canossa.
1521 Emperor Charles V opens...
India Weaved in Frames (IWIF) photography exhibition
The exhibition of 93 selected photographs attempts to showcase the great diversity of India - in people, landscape and cultures (along with some bitter...
Pre-Terror Era of Afghanistan
In 1967, Dr William Podlich joined UNESCO to train teachers at a college in Kabul, Afghanistan. His wife and two daughters, Peg and Jan,...
Dhana Nanda: The Last Nanda King!
Nanda Empire ruled a massive part of India stretching from Bengal to Punjab in the west and till Vindhya Ranges in the south. The...
History of January 21
1677 - 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1789 - 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy" is published
1813 - Pineapple...
