On this day Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI (2005)

360.org - Monday, 19 April 2021 - On the 19th of April in 2005 Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI. He served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 and is best known for his opinion on birth control and homosexuality. Read More >>

Today we remember Albert Einstein (1955)

360.org - Sunday, 18 April 2021 - Who doesn�t know Albert Einstein? Most famous for his Theory of Relativity. Sadly he died on this day in 1955. But there is much more to the genius than papers and theories. Read More >>

A day to remember founding father Benjamin Franklin (1790)

360.org - Saturday, 17 April 2021 - Benjamin Franklin is best known for being one of the founding father of the United States of America. But he was much more than that. He was a fireman, helped Mozart and Beethoven and even redesigned the alphabet. In this article you�ll find out all about the founding father. Read More >>

Today, 76 years ago, Frank Williams was born

Sir Francis Owen Garbett Williams (born April 16th, 1942) is founder of the Williams Formula One Racing team. As a young boy a friend gave him a ride in a Jaguar XK150 and Frank knew instantly he wanted to stay in business with fast cars. Nowadays his racing team belongs to the best in the world. In 1966 Williams founded Frank Williams Racing Cars and drove several years in Formula 2 and 3. In 1968 Williams purchases a Formula One chassis. Driver Piers Courage finishes in second place twice in 1969. But in 1970 Courage dies in an accident at the Dutch Grand Prix. Frank Williams Racing Cars was in dire straits and the team is taken over by Walter Wolf Racing. Read More >>

Today, 107 years ago, Titanic sank

Titanic only sailed the seas for four days before she made her distress call, April 15th, 1912, just after midnight. At 2.20 a.m. Titanic broke and foundered. The ship carried 2224 passengers at the moment it hit an iceberg. More than 1500 people died in the freezing water of the North Atlantic Ocean. Titanic departed Southampton April 10th, heading for New York, making her maiden voyage. Read More >>

Abraham Lincoln was shot on this day

On this day in 1865 actor, John Wilkes Booth shot the sixteenth president of the United States during a play in Ford�s Theatre in Washington. Abraham Lincoln was president during the American Civil War and is mostly known for his actions against slavery. Read More >>

'You've got mail, partner'

On the 13th of April in 1860, a lone rider of the Pony Express reached Sacramento, California. The Express consisted out of several men on horseback, who each covered their share of the route and passed on the urgent or not-so-urgent mail in their bags, addressed to people in the Pacific coast state, California. What made these men hurry across the continent of North America? Read More >>

Happy birthday, talk show legend David Letterman

He is one of the most famous talk show hosts and today is his birthday. He hosted two late night shows. He now has his own Netflix show. Of course this article is about David Letterman. He hosted the �Late show with David Letterman� from 1992 to 2015. He hosted over 6000 shows there and also hosted the �Late Night with David Letterman� from 1982 to 1992. Read More >>

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2005: Is Prince Charles Prince Charming?

2013: The Iron Lady, in her prime

1947: Rest in peace, Henry Ford

1896: The Olympic flame that travelled to space

1950: One of the A�s of Abba celebrates today

1973: Love and hate for the most famous towers in the world

1924: Brando, sleep with the fishes

1914: 'Use the Force, Alec'

2018: ''You little bastard''

1685: Bach, the composer who went to prison