Organised by dairy farmer Michael Eavis, the event was billed as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival and attracted 1,500 people who paid a pound each to see a number of bands on a single stage and drink unlimited quantities of ...

The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los ...

Whilst circling the parade ground of Fort Myer, a propeller blade split and broke apart. This struck one of the wires that controlled the rudder, pitching the aircraft forward sharply after which it crashed nose-first into the ...

The Revolución Libertadora began in Argentina, resulting in the end of Juan Perón’s second term as ...

The Nuremberg Laws enshrined anti-semitic discrimination in the legal framework of the country through two pieces of ...

Messiah has since become one of the most frequently performed choral works in Western music with the “Hallelujah” chorus becoming a central piece in the choral ...

Originally only available for the Japanese Family Computer, it took nearly another two years for the game to be available ...

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police ...

The French Blue diamond had been part of the royal collection since the seventeenth century, and was stolen by a group of thieves after King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were imprisoned in the ...

American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen ...