On this day : the history of the world in 366 days.
A newly updated and revised edition of On This Day, together with entries referencing over 2000 years of history, you can pick a day, week or month and find out what actually happened and who said what, and where, on each day of the year. From the rise of the vote for women in the UK, to Cooke's discovery of Hawaii, each entry is presented in a news-style headline, quote or longer article, so you can truly unravel the key events to have happened on that day and in a broad range of topics - in politics, sport, the arts, economics and science, to name a small selection of the subjects covered. Including births and deaths of major figures in society, and an assortment of black and white images to correspond with certain articles, this will be your history of the world, in 366 days.
"A day-by-day collection of over 6,000 events, trivia, quotations, news items, anniversaries and birthdays for every day of the year" -- Back cover.
Previous edition: 2015.
A newly updated and revised edition of On This Day, together with entries referencing over 2000 years of history, you can pick a day, week or month and find out what actually happened and who said what, and where, on each day of the year. From the rise of the vote for women in the UK, to Cooke's discovery of Hawaii, each entry is presented in a news-style headline, quote or longer article, so you can truly unravel the key events to have happened on that day and in a broad range of topics - in politics, sport, the arts, economics and science, to name a small selection of the subjects covered. Including births and deaths of major figures in society, and an assortment of black and white images to correspond with certain articles, this will be your history of the world, in 366 days.
Chronology, Historical
World history
Chronology, Historical
World history