On this day in 1810, Norwegian violinist Ole Bull was born. Known as one of Norway’s most notable and gifted violinists, Bull is also remembered…
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The Extension was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields North and South of Lens and from certain smaller cemeteries,…
Where does Frozen take place? It’s not too far from reality than you may think. The world of Frozen is so beautifully enchanting that you…
Today we remember civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913. Image: Rosa Parks / Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University,…
A few days ago, Laura Dern won BAFTA 2020 Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Marriage Story, the same award her mother Diane Ladd…
George III may never have left the south of England or fought on a battlefield, but he explored the world through a vast collection of…
A new model upends old assumptions, revealing more Neanderthal ancestry for both modern Africans and Europeans than once thought. Some 60,000 years ago, a wave…
Mention the 1960s, and a few things are top of mind — activism, war, counterculture, protests — and Roz Payne, a filmmaker, photographer and activist…
2020 is off to a great start! MyHeritage has already added over 50 million records in the month of January alone: an addition of 21…
Today we remember American illustrator Norman Rockwell, who was born on February 3, 1894. Image: Norman Rockwell / Library of Congress Rockwell was born in…
The Woman Who Beat Phileas Fogg Around the World — and Championed Human Rights Way Ahead of Her Time
The Woman Who Beat Phileas Fogg Around the World — and Championed Human Rights Way Ahead of Her Time
When Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days was published in 1872, the idea of circumnavigating the world in such a…
You can only try pahovana piletina in two places. One is Vojvodina, Serbia, where the unique style of fried chicken was born. The other is…
In 2016, archaeologists excavating sections of a southern Virginia interstate unearthed dinnerware and a brick hearth at a Civil War encampment called Redoubt 9. Near…
After arriving in the Americas, Christopher Columbus penned a letter about his find to Spain’s King Ferdinand, a letter that would later be published to…
The archives that were for years stored in the Thomas Cook offices in Bretton and more recently at Lynch Wood have been sold to the…
The UK National Archives have provoked outcry from academics by announcing a new trial restricting readers to 12 documents a day, despite concerns it may…
You may have noticed that a new prompt, titled “Unfinished Attachments,” appears with some sources attached to people in your family tree. This prompt appears…
Happy birthday to Gene Hackman! Today the actor celebrates his 90th birthday. Image: Gene Hackman / Christopher Michael Little, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) He was…
Celebrate Black History Month with these lesser-known facts about the contributions to world history of Africans and people of African descent. When some people think…
Happy birthday, Tom Selleck! Today the popular actor turns 75. Image: Tom Selleck / Alan Light, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Thomas William Selleck was born on…