On this Day : 12 March 1999 – Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies
One of the 20th century's finest musicians Yehudi Menuhin has died, aged 82.
Lord Menuhin was in Berlin, Germany, to conduct a concert when he...
On this Day : 20 March 1974 – Kidnap attempt on Princess Anne
Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips have escaped an apparent kidnap attempt in which four people were wounded.
The royal couple were returning...
On This Day: 29 February 1960 – Thousands dead in Moroccan earthquake
A huge earthquake has devastated the southern Moroccan city of Agadir killing thousands.
A major operation is now underway to rescue scores of people, including...
On this Day: 30 April 1952 – Anne Frank published in English
The moving diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish victim of the Holocaust, is now available in British book shops entitled The Diary of a...
On This Day: November 4 1995 – Israeli PM shot dead
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been assassinated.
Mr Rabin was shot three times at close range in the stomach and chest by an assailant...
On this Day : 24 March 1981- Biggs rescued after kidnapping
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been rescued by Barbados police following his kidnapping.
The 52-year-old, on the run from UK police, was found on...
42 Years Ago Marlon Brando Refuses An Oscar For His Performance In “The Godfather”
Julia Horeftari for Art-Sheep
Greetings, my brave reader.
It is 29th March, 1973 and the 45th Academy Awards are being presented at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion...
On this Day: 24 January 1961- End of the road for Monroe and Miller
The Hollywood screen star Marilyn Monroe has divorced her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, after less than five years of marriage.
The divorce was granted in...
On this Day: 13 January 1991: Bloodshed at Lithuanian TV station
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 140 injured by the Soviet military in the capital of Lithuania as Moscow continues...
On this Day : 11 January 1998: 100 die in massacre in Algeria
The Algerian government has blamed Islamic extremists for the deaths of more than 100 people, who were killed when two villages were attacked.
The latest...
On this Day: 16 January 1992 – Controversial Diana book published
A controversial new book about the Princess of Wales claims she attempted suicide on several occasions over the last decade, and portrays her as...
On This Day: 5 March 1953 – Soviet leader ‘on brink of death’
Rumours are circulating in Moscow that Joseph Stalin, the long-time leader of the Soviet Union, is near death.
The first official news of Mr Stalin's...