William Arthur Philip Louis (1982)

360.org - Monday, 21 June 2021 - On this day, in the year 1982, Prince William the Duke of Cambridge was born. He�s the first son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. After his grandmother and his father, he�s the next in line to the throne. He is married to Catherine Middleton. They have three children: George, Charlotte, and Louis. Read More >>

Microchips are taking over the world (2005)

360.org - Sunday, 20 June 2021 - Nowadays microchips are all around us. They run almost all our devices and save lives every day. Almost every medical instrument contains microchips, but microchips are even placed in medicines for better results. Researchers calculated that an average American citizen touches more than 500 devices with a microchip inside, from the moment they wake up till the minute they fall asleep. Read More >>

Looking back at the first Soviet spies (1953)

360.org - Saturday, 19 June 2021 - Today in 1953 the first Soviet spies were executed. Their names were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, both born in New York in a Jewish family. Julius had an affinity for Communism and joined a Communist party. In 1942 Julius was approached by a Russian spymaster. He joined, got caught and was executed, together with his wife. Was the execution deserved? Were they even guilty? Read More >>

Who was Roald Amundsen?

Today we commemorate Roald Amundsen. Roald was the first man to reach the South Pole and the first on the North Pole. No one is really sure when Amundsen really died since he disappeared on the 18th of June. Read More >>

Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was born on this day

We know him best from the famous compositions as �The Rite of Spring� and �Symphony in C�, but Stravinsky created many more famous works. During his entire life, he wrote more than a hundred compositions. Read More >>

Apache leader Geronimo was born on this day

Geronimo was born on the 16th of June in 1829 and was the Apache Bedonkohe leader of the Chiricahua Apache. During his leadership, Geronimo defended his people and his homeland against the invasion of the Americans. Read More >>

How a volcanic eruption changed the global temperature

The second largest catastrophic volcanic eruption of the twentieth century was on this day in 1991. Around 800 people were killed and 100,000 people became homeless within a day as a result of the Mount Pinatubo eruption on the island Luzon in the Philippines. Read More >>

The classical fire of Salvatore Quasimodo

Born and raised on the island Sicily, home to the pretty unpredictable volcano Etna; Salvatore Quasimodo lived in a formidable environment, which turned out to be a great inspiration for his poetry. On the 14th of June in 1968, famous poet Salvatore Quasimodo passed away in Naples. Read More >>

1944: All Nations; unite!

1903: Niagara Falls, a drop of water

1910: The Undersea Adventures of Jacques Cousteau

2004: Hit the road Ray

1870: How Charles Dickens cured insomnia

1921: The second President of Indonesia was born on this day

1929: Vatican City officially became independent on this day

1523: How King Gustav ended the Kalmar Union

1947: How the Marshall plan started the cold war

1798: Who was Casanova?

1865: UK's big Five; George V

1989: Robin Williams, an amusing spark of madness