On this Day: 3 November 1955 – Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo is born
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, deputy president of South Africa and wife of former public prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, was born in Claremont, Durban. She was appointed as...
On this Day: 08 April 1973 – Art master Picasso dies
The artist Pablo Picasso has died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera.
He suffered the fatal seizure at...
On This Day: 09 January 1986 – Heseltine Quits Over Westland
The Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, has resigned from his Cabinet job in a row with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the Westland affair.
Mr Heseltine...
On this Day : 9 March 1995 – Queen marks peace in Belfast
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have made a symbolic visit to Northern Ireland - their first since the IRA and Loyalist ceasefires came...
On This Day: March 6 1957 – Ghana celebrates independence
The people of Ghana have been celebrating the end of colonial rule and the dawn of their independence.
Most workers have been given the day...
On this Day: 19 January 1988 – Disabled author wins Whitbread
Writer Christopher Nolan, who cannot move or speak because of an accident at birth, has won the Whitbread Book of the Year.
The 21-year-old Dubliner,...
On this Day : 8 March 1985 – Beirut car bomb kills dozens
At least 45 people have died and 175 have been injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
The bomb went off outside a...
Google Celebrates Sally Ride, The First American Woman In Space
It was this day, sixty-five years ago, on May 26, 1951 that the first American woman to go to space was born. That woman...
On This Day: 28 February 1986 – Swedish prime minister assassinated
The Swedish prime minister has died after being shot in a street ambush in central Stockholm. His wife was wounded.
Olof and Lisbeth Palme were...
On this Day : 11 March 1955 – Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - has died of a heart attack. He was 73.
Sir Alexander...
On This Day: 21 January 1950 – Acclaimed author George Orwell dies
The writer, George Orwell, has died after a three-year battle against tuberculosis.
Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell...
On this Day: 27 October 1922 – Southern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union...
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum. Voters had to choose between establishing self government, joining the Union...