MessageTo Eagle.com – On January 29-30, 1943, the naval Battle of Rennell Island was fought off Guadalcanal. It was the last major naval clash between U.S. and Japanese forces during
MessageToEagle.com – On January 28, 1858, Eugène Dubois, a Dutch anatomist, geologist, anthropologist, and paleontologist was born in Eijsden, Netherlands. Dubois was famous above all for having discovered remains
MessageToEagle.com – On January 27, 1593, the Vatican began a seven year trial against an Italian Dominican cleric, Giordano Bruno. Bruno was born in Nola, at the foot of
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient terracotta figurines unearthed in Ghana, have been analyzed for the first time by researchers from The University of Manchester, UK. The figurines were created by an
MessageToEagle.com – Research team working in Ceibal-Petexbatun Archaeological Project and led by Takeshi Inomata of the University of Arizona, have studied both collapses of Maya civilization at Guatemala’s Maya
MessageToEagle.com – On January 26, 1500, Brazil was discovered by Vicente Yañez Pinzóñ, a Spanish explorer who had once sailed with Columbus. Interestingly, by that date, Brazil was already
MessageToEagle.com – On January 25, 1905, a 3,106-carat diamond was discovered during a routine inspection at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa. The diamond, weighing 1.33 pounds, was
MessageToEagle.com – It has long been argued that has long argued that the Celtic influence on the Icelandic language and culture is likely greater than previously thought. Were Celtic
MessageToEagle.com – On January 24, 1965, Britain’s greatest war-time leader Winston Churchill died in London. Born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth Hussars, after
MessageToEagle.com – On January 23, 1909, a telegraphed distress call came in from the captain of the ocean liner RMS Republic, which in dense fog collided with another ship,
MessageToEagle.com – On January 22, 1506, a group of 150 Swiss mercenaries led by their Captain Kaspar of Silenen in the Canton of Uri, entered the Vatican for
MessageToEagle.com – On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. It happened one day after, the king was convicted
MessageToEagle.com – On January 20, 1569, died Myles Coverdale who printed the first English Bible. Coverdale was a clergyman and Classics scholar who produced the first complete printed
MessageToEagle.com – A large tomb of the famous Viking chief, Ulv Galiciefarer, may have been discovered in northern Jutland, Denmark. For now, it is perhaps too soon to say
MessageToEagle.com – The Tiger Cave is an ancient religious site decorated with carvings of mythical creatures and ancient inscriptions and its name originates from tiger head carvings at the mouth
MessageToEagle.com – On Jan 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe, American writer, was born in Boston. Poe was a writer, editor, literary critic, best known for his poetry and short
MessageToEagle.com – Polish archaeological research team has spent many years in Burkina Faso, situated in West Africa, north of Ghana. During October – November last year, researchers excavated some
MessageToEagle.com – A huge wave has been spotted in the upper atmosphere of Venus, baffling scientists because it’s staying so still above the planet’s surface. Usually clouds in that
MessageToEagle.com – Until now, it was believed that humans created first settlement in North America approximately 14,000 years ago. The arrival into the continent across the Bering Strait has
MessageToEagle.com – The 600-year old Buddha statue which has been submerged for years, has appeared during a drop in water levels. A 600-year old Buddha statue has emerged from
MessageToEagle.com – On January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook, the English explorer, became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands. British Captain James Cook arrived in the
MessageToEagle.com – On January 17, 1781, the Battle of Cowpens took place just north of the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. The American forces were led by Daniel Morgan,
MessageToEagle.com – A pair of 1,900-year-old leather shoes discovered during archaeological excavations in the Sliven District, in Eastern Bulgaria is on display for the first time after a longer
MessageToEagle.com – On January 16, 1765, Charles Messier catalogued M41— a huge open cluster of stars in the constellation Canis Major. Visible to the naked eye, M41 is a
MessageToEagle.com – On January 15, 1929, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King was twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader. After
