Singer Nancy Ajram Born
On this day in 1983, multi-platinum Lebanese recording artist Nancy Ajram was born. Ajram is one of the most influential personalities in the Middle East and a chart-topping internet phenomenon. … (more...)
May 16
This Day in History
1983
1968
Protests mount in France
On May 16, 1968, after nearly two weeks of sporadic street fighting in Paris, students take over the Sorbonne University, demanding radical solutions to France's unemployment problem. Their example … (more...)
1943
Operation Chastise – The Dam Busters
One of the most famous air raids of the Second World War took place on the night of 16-17 May 1943, involving a squadron of Royal Air Force (RAF) Lancaster bombers sent to attack large dams servicing … (more...)
1718
First Female Professor Born
Born in Italy on this day in 1718, Maria Gaetana Agnesi was a highly esteemed 18th-century mathematician, linguist, and philosopher. She wrote the first book to ever discuss both differential and … (more...)
This Day in History
January 18
TV Guide
- 9:30pm Secrets Of Britain's Great Cathedrals
- 10:30pm Jesse Owens
- 11:30pm The Universe Rec
- 12:30am In Search Of Aliens Rec
- 1:30am Time Team Rec
- 2:30am Declassified: Stories of American Spies Rec
- 3:15am King Arthur: The Legend Rec
- 4:00am River Hunters Rec
- 4:45am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 5:30am Secrets Of Britain's Great Cathedrals Rec
- 6:30am Jesse Owens Rec
- 7:30am The Universe Rec
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am River Hunters Rec
- 10:30am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 11:30am Secrets Of Britain's Great Cathedrals Rec
- 12:30pm Jesse Owens Rec
- 1:30pm The Universe Rec
- 2:30pm Beyond Kokoda Rec
- 4:30pm The World From Above Rec
- 5:00pm The Lost World Of Joseph Banks Rec
- 5:30pm World's Greatest Palaces Rec
- 6:30pm Abandoned Engineering Rec
- 7:30pm Coast New Zealand Rec
