The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France. The French Foreign…

Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. The rings of Uranus are a fascinating and unique feature of the planet, distinct from the more famous rings…

Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. The rings of Uranus are a system of narrow, dark rings encircling the planet Uranus. They were first discovered…

The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62. The Dot-com bubble was a period of excessive speculation in Internet-related companies…

Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru

The World Health Organization officially announces the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter’]

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate which ends the Mexican–American War. California and New Mexico were quickly occupied by…

Astronomers discover the rings of the planet Uranus. For being the third largest body in our solar system not including the Sun, there really wasn’t…