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The Memorial Cenotaph

     The Japanese city of Hiroshima became the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when the United States of America dropped a nuclear bomb on it on August 6, 1945 during World War II. 

 
On July 25, 1909, the Frenchman Louis Blériot became the first person to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel, from France to Kent.

Ernst Hemingway in Pamplona

     50 years ago, Ernst Hemingway travelled for the last time to Pamplona. That’s the news. But the narrow, almost indissoluble connection between the writer and the Sanfermines started some time back when he first visited the city in 1923. In 1926 he published his first full-length novel, The Sun Also Rises (also known [...]

Michael Jackson – Beat It
 
     Michael Jackson, an incomparable figure in music, dance and culture whose ever-changing face graced the covers of albums that sold more than half a billion copies, died Thursday, shortly after going into cardiac arrest at his rented Holmby Hills mansion. He was 50. He spent much of his life [...]

 
     The Japan’s lunar explorer “KAGUYA”, which is now in the extended operational phase, has been carrying out observations of the Moon from lower altitude since February 1, 2009, to continue observations in more detail.
     The “KAGUYA” will conclude its scientific mission to the Moon through a controlled impact on the lunar surface.
 

     Portsmouth’s D-Day Museum is Britain’s only museum dedicated solely to covering all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. D-Day was a turning point in the Second World War, and a moment when the course of world events depended on the Allied troops taking part.
 
     What does the “D” [...]

William Shakespeare

     PlayShakespeare.com provides online editions of Shakespeare’s plays following  the First Folio of 1623 (and Quartos where applicable) and the Globe Edition of 1866 as sources for the texts on the site. They have re-edited and updated these versions to reflect the editorial standards of their own scholarly team, therefore you can rely on the quality and [...]

 
Have you ever dreamt of appreciating the original look of historical documents?  Lots of materials from countries and cultures all over the world are brought to you by The World Digital Library (WDL), free of charge and in multilingual format. They work closely with UNESCO’s Memory of the World program.

 
“History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions concerning the Net.

 
This site tries to organize all The Beatles videos that you can find on the web. There are plenty of Beatles footages on Youtube and Google Video but it’s difficult to have them in a logical sequence. Beatlestube.net will help you to do that.