First Synthetic Diamond
On this day in 1955, General Electric introduced the first reproducible, verifiable, witnessed synthetic diamond ever to be created. The synthetic diamond was a breakthrough in chemistry and … (more...)
February 15
This Day in History
1955
1942
Singapore falls to Japan
In one of the greatest defeats in British military history, Britain's supposedly impregnable Singapore fortress surrenders to Japanese forces during World War II. Singapore, located off the Malay … (more...)
399
Socrates Sentenced to Death
On this day in 399 BC, Socrates was sentenced to death in Athens. The Ancient Greek philosopher was executed for the difficult-to-define crimes of "refusing to recognise the gods recognised by the … (more...)
This Day in History
January 22
TV Guide
- 9:30pm Volatile Earth
- 10:30pm Who Killed Rasputin?
- 11:30pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 12:00am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 12:30am Great Australians With Alan Jones Rec
- 1:30am Nazi Hunters Rec
- 2:30am Dead of Winter: The Donner Party Rec
- 4:00am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 4:45am Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen Rec
- 5:30am Volatile Earth Rec
- 6:30am Who Killed Rasputin? Rec
- 7:30am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 8:00am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am Time Team Rec
- 10:30am The Cars That Made Us Rec
- 11:30am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 12:30pm Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen Rec
- 1:30pm Strategy: The Genius of Warfare Rec
- 2:30pm Nazi Hunters Rec
- 3:30pm The Civil War by Ken Burns Rec
- 4:30pm Battlefleet Rec
- 5:30pm Building Australia Rec
- 6:00pm Building Australia Rec
- 6:30pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Rec
- 7:30pm Abandoned Engineering Rec
