Topical Tens

The first stone of Southwark Bridge was laid on this date in 1815. Here are some facts about Southwark Bridge. The bridge they star...

Here are some quotes from scientist Robert Oppenheimer, who was born on this date in 1904. The optimist thinks this is the best of ...

Charlotte Bronte was born on this date in 1816. Here are some quotes by her: Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing an...

This date in 1889 saw the birth of the infamous Adolph Hitler. A timely one, perhaps, given the recent comparisons of certain current world...

Today was the birthdate, in 1912, of Glenn Theodore Seaborg, the Nobel Prize winning chemist who was the co-discoverer of ten elements: plu...

On this date in 1934 the first launderette, called a 'washeteria', was opened in Fort Worth, Texas. Here are ten things you might n...

The Pansy is celebrated in the French Revolutionary Calendar on this date - so here are some things you may not know about pansies: ...