Bhutan, the world’s happiest nation, was also the first one to impose a complete ban on tobacco and its products on10. On ...

1944: George Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American boy, is wrongfully executed for the murder of two white girls, becoming the youngest person ever executed in 20th-century America. On the same day, ...

In 1962, Tereshkova was chosen from over 400 applicants to join the Soviet space programme. She underwent intense training alongside four other women, but ultimately, it was she who was selected to ...

A dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at the same time as arms control is severely weakened, according to the latest ...

The Soviets believed that this attack would only work if the missiles were launched within one minute. If they waited even ...