It was December 21 1989, and the wave of change that had swept across communist eastern Europe was crashing through Romania, where Nicolae Ceausescu had held an iron grip for…
More than 40 years after Grease‘s release, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are back as Danny and Sandy. Travolta, 65, and Newton-John, 71, reunited and dressed up as the iconic…
A series of photos of graphics, artwork and historic footage that were projected onto the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday night. The projections are as part of…
As Germany prepares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, painted sections of the wall have been put on display in a yard in Teltow,…
An elderly Romanian man makes the sign of the cross after burning candle in the memory of the victims of a night-club fire accident in front of the building…
Moulin Rouge dancers perform in front of the cabaret to mark its 130th anniversary in Paris, France. Moulin Rouge is best known as the birthplace of the modern form of…
Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had…
The Saudi human rights activist Yahya Assiri unveils a new street sign for the Saudi Arabian embassy, in The Hague, the Netherlands. Amnesty International is renaming the street ‘Jamal Khashoggi…
A Chinese woman using a mobile phone takes pictures of an installation celebrating the upcoming the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, China,…
People form the name 'Beslan' with candles lit during a commemoration ceremony on the Nevsky prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the night of the 03 September 2019. Russians on…
Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday will be in Poland to mark 80 years since the start of World War Two, with…
IoScoot is celebrating its first anniversary. It’s been one year since the electric motorbike-sharing service was launched in Malta in 2018, introducing an innovative mobility solution to the Maltese islands.…
People look out at a giant number '50' made with a peace sign mowed into the field at the Woodstock Festival Monument, located at the site of the original Woodstock…
Italy on Wednesday marked a year since the Genoa motorway bridge collapse that killed 43 people. The ceremony is taking place close to the spot where a section of the…
Pope Francis wrote to the citizens of Genoa, Italy, affected by the August 14 2018 collapse of the northern Italian city's Morandi Bridge which killed 43 people. In the letter,…
A handout photo made available by NASA shows the launch of the Apollo 11 Saturn IV rocket being projected onto the Washington Monument and additional screens on the National Mall…
President Donald Trump is marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office with a meeting with former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group…
A series of photos during the event ‘Batman 80th Anniversary’ at the Comic Con Museum in San Diego, California, USA. The event was part of an inauguration of the…
A Bosnian Muslim woman cries during the funeral of 33 newly-identified Bosnian Muslims at the Potocari Memorial Center, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 July 2019. The burial was part of…
Update: Hong Kong police are using tear gas outside the Legco building, Verna Yu reports from the ground. “The scene outside Legco is filled with smoke, people screaming and running…
China imposed an information blackout on the 30th anniversary of its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. Extra checkpoints and street closures greeted who showed up at…
A year ago today, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married, becoming Duke and Duchess of Sussex The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating their first wedding anniversary today, as…
Photos from the opening parade of the 830th port anniversary in Hamburg, northern Germany, 10 May 2019. About 300 historic and modern ships and boats from around the world visit…
Today Corporate Dispatch is celebrating it's first anniversary from it's launch. Twelve months during which a lot was achieved and even more is planned in the months and years ahead…
Today is the 140th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s birth. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist was one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Born in Germany, his teachers labeled him stupid when he refused to…
It was on 13 March 2013, that Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He was elected in the 5th ballot on the…
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records. The album is regarded as U2's first overtly political…
The world’s largest social media site, with more than 2 billion users worldwide, marks its 15th anniversary Monday beset by scandals and accusations that it has failed to prevent, and…
The History Channel - On this day in 1998, search engine firm Google, co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who met at Stanford University, files for incorporation in California. Google…
Released on August 21, 1987, no one—not even stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey—could have predicted the phenomenon that Dirty Dancing would turn into. The American romantic drama dance film…
On Wednesday, May 13, 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate the pope, St. John Paul II, by firing a handgun at close range. The pope was shot four times…
Fifty years after Martin Luther King was assassinated, the civil rights leader’s family and admirers were marking the anniversary of his death with marches, speeches and quiet reflection on Wednesday. The commemorations…