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Malta: Two historic chapels in Għarghur restored

Two 17th century chapels in Għargħur have been restored by the Cultural Heritage Foundation of the Archdiocese of Malta, with EU funds covering 80% of the bill. The two chapels share…

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On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

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1281 - During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan 1842 - Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to…

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1661 - The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal 1890 - At Auburn Prison in…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Rather unusually, art and history make their way in the editorials of the two English-language papers in print today, with their Maltese counterparts focusing on education and economic regeneration. The…

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On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

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1260 - Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire 1640 - King Charles I of England dissolved the Short Parliament, the first parliament to be…

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1492 - Ensisheim Meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact. 1837 - Abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah…

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On this day, in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty came into effect

On this day, in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty comes into effect, formally establishing the European Union (EU). The treaty was drafted in 1991 by delegates from the European Community meeting…

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On this day… special edition – Remembering – 9/11

Sept. 11, 2001 started out as a morning of innocence and excitement for the boys and girls of Sandra Kay Daniel's second grade class at the Emma E. Booker Elementary…

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301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, founded by Saint Marinus 1939 - World War II: Britain…

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On this day in 1939 World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig) Also in this day in 1941 Jews living in…

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1828 - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks 1964 - Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke premieres in Los Angeles 1979…

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79 -After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. 1922 - Arab states meeting at Nablus…

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79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes on to destroy Pompeii) 1933 Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian jail following another hunger strike…

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1737 First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time 1933 Roman Polanski, Polish-French film director (Rosemary's…

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1959 USSR introduces installment buying 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles' drummer, first official concert two days later 1977…

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879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris 1914 WWI: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War after British declaration of war on Germany 1942 1st train with…

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1776 Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians) 1865 Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 1880 British Parliament officially…

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1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1909 French…

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1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party 1967 The Doors score their first #1 hit with “Light My Fire” 1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon…

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In 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire In 1599 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings In 1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt In 1953 the Society…

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1848 The two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York. 1870 Franco-Prussian War starts 1903 1st…

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In 2016 - Theresa May, the Conservative Party leader, became the second woman prime minister of the United Kingdom, replacing David Cameron, who resigned after the country voted to leave…

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In 2013 Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi staged a coup and forced out President Mohamed Morsi, just over a year after he was elected. In 1976 an Israeli commando squad, led…

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On this day, in 1991 Yugoslav troops invaded Slovenia

1991 Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia - The attack, which marked the beginning of the Ten-Day War, followed Slovenia's declaration of independence. It was the first of the Yugoslav Wars, a number…

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“Ich bin ein Berliner” – on this day in 1963

President John F. Kennedy expresses solidarity with democratic German citizens in a speech on this day in 1963. In front of the Berlin Wall that separated the city into democratic…

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On this day, in 2016, the UK voted for Brexit

On this day, in 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. Just over half of the electorate voted for “Brexit”, Britain's exit from the EU. The UK had been…

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On this day in history … 19th June

In 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space, returned to Earth in the spacecraft Vostok 6. In 1978 the first Garfield comic strip by…

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On this day, in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrives in the US from France

On this day in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after…

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On this day, in 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was accepted by 75% in a Referendum in N.Ireland

In 1998, on this day, the Good Friday Agreement was accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. Good Friday Agreement referendum, 1998 was a referendum held…

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On this day in 2001, the movie Shrek was released

On this day in 2001, the fledgling movie studio Dreamworks SKG, founded by Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, releases what will become one of its most…

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On this day in 1948 – The state of Israel is proclaimed

On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. In an afternoon ceremony at…

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On this day in 1981 – Assassination attempt on Pope St John Paul II

On 13th May 1981, a man called Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to assassinate Pope St John Paul II, shooting him as he travelled through the crowds of St Peter’s Square…

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The meaning of Malta’s Freedom Day

On the 31st March 1979, Malta saw the very last ship of the British forces leaving our shores. Commonly known as Freedom Day, this day marked the end of the…

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A quick look at the tumultuous relationship between the UK and EU

On the day the UK was supposed to leave the EU, Euronews give a quick but detailed look at how the relationship between the European Union and the United…

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On this day in 1662, the ‘Bus’ concept was introduced in Paris

The first public buses began to run on this day – an idea probably 200 years ahead of its time. The service, introduced in Paris, was abandoned in 1675 and…

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Today is the 140th anniversary since Einstein’s birth

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…

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A leap of Fiat into e-mobility

Fiat unveiled its innovative electric car credentials at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show with the ultra-modular Fiat Concept Centoventi. The iconic Italian carmaker says the model seeks to democratise…

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On this day, 30 years ago, the World Wide Web was proposed for first time ever, the rest is history

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor the World Wide Web, has issued a warning about its "negative consequences" on the 30th anniversary of him first proposing it to managers at CERN.…

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Macron calls for transition period in Algeria

Reuters reports that French President Emmanuel Macron said that Algeria was entering a new chapter in it's history after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to abandon his quest for a…

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On this day, 50 years ago, the first Concorde flight took off

When the misty skies cleared over southern France on the afternoon of Sunday March 2, 1969, the green light was signalled for the highly anticipated first ever flight of the Concorde.…

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On this day in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is published in London

On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, is published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League. The…

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Significant anniversaries commemorated today

On this day, on several years, significant stories took place in the world. From the first vision of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes to Mandela's release from imprisonment after 27…

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On this day in 1990, McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens in Moscow. Throngs of people line up to pay the equivalent of several days’ wages for Big Macs, shakes, and french…

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On this day, 10 years ago, Obama was sworn in as US President

Obama served as the 44th President of the United States (2009-2017). Previously he was a Senator from Illinois before a 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention cast him into…

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Today, in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell (Video)

November 9th 1989, Berlin It was almost 7pm and a dreary press conference was drawing to a close on East Berlin’s Mohrenstrasse. Then Günther Schabowski, spokesman for the ruling SED,…

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On this day in 2011, General Muammar al-Gaddafi was captured and killed in Sirte

On this day in 2011, Muammar Gadhafi, the longest-serving leader in Africa and the Arab world, was captured and killed by rebel forces near his hometown of Sirte. After more…

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On this day in 1998, Google was incorporated

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…

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The ‘ATM’ is 49 years old

On this day in history, in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. ATMs went…

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Today, 21 years ago, the day Princess Diana died

Diana died Aug. 31, 1997, in a car crash in Paris. The untimely death of arguably the world’s most famous princess froze her in the minds of admirers at a…

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On this day in 1998, Clinton testifies in Grand Jury

On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Council as the subject of a grand-jury investigation. The testimony came after…

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Marie Skłodowska Curie voted the woman who has made the most significant impact on world history

Marie Skłodowska Curie has been voted the woman who has made the most significant impact on world history. In a reader poll conducted by BBC History Magazine of the 100 women who…

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On This Day in 1914, the First Traffic Light was installed

The History Channel: The world’s first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, on this day in 1914. In…

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On this day in 1944, Anne Frank is captured by Gestapo

On this day in 1944, a German-born Jewish girl and her family, who had been hiding in German-occupied Holland, are found by the Gestapo and transported to various concentration camps.…

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On this day, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on the journey that took him to the Americas

The History Channel: From the Spanish port of Palos, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail in command of three ships—the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina—on a journey to find a western sea route to China, India,…

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On This Day, in 1914 the First World War erupts

The History Channel: Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war against each other, France orders a general mobilization, and the first German army units cross…

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