Dalai Lama, champion of human values and harmony
On this day in 1935 His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso was born. The spiritual leader of Tibet came from a farming family... Read More
Bram Stoker wrote ‘Dracula’, never saw Transylvania
On this day in 1912 Bram Stoker writer and theatre manager died. Stoker’s career began as a journalist in Ireland. While writing theatre reviews in... Read More
The Euro – currency basket or basket case ?
On this day in 2002 the currencies of 11 participating European countries were cancelled as legal tender marking the official start of the Euro as... Read More
The day that never happened
On this day in 1582, October 5th ‘Never Happened’. Under the urging of the Catholic Church, much of Europe replaced the Julian calendar with the... Read More