On this day
Subtitle: the history of the world in 366 days
Edition: Revised and updated edition.
Publisher: Bounty Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780753726044; 9780753723920
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: World history; Historical Chronology
Other titles: History of the world in 366 days; History of the world in three hundred and sixty six days
Description: A day-by-day collection of over 8000 events, trivia, quotations, news in brief items, anniversaries and birthdays for every day of the year. Packed full of historical information, this is a book that can be read from cover to cover or dipped into for fascinating facts or special dates such as anniversaries or birthdays. With a whole page for each day of the year and more than 700 illustrations, this newly revised and updated edition of On This Day covers events throughout history day by day. Newspaper-style articles recount all the main stories of the day, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev, from the discovery of gravity to landing on the moon, from Beethoven to the Beatles. This book also includes extracts from diaries, letters and speeches, amusing events and trivia that maybe didn't quite make the headlines, famous people's birthdays and a news-in brief column.
Notes: Includes index.

Previous edition: 2012.

Originally published : London : Octopus Publishing,1992.