Encyclopedia of Trivia

The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky married his student Antonina Ivanovna Milivkova at the Church of Saint George in Moscow on Ju...

On May 21, 1809 the French made their first major effort to cross the Danube during the Napoleonic Wars, precipitating the Battle of Aspern-...

The first, and to date only, British Prime Ministe r to be assassinated was Spencer Perceval. On the evening of May 11, 1812, Perceval ente...

The first American transcontinental railway was completed west of the Rockies at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 when the Union Pacific a...

The phrase 'The New Look' was coined by Harper's Bazaar , the fashion monthly, for Christian Dior 's first fashion collectio...

Supporters of Dominican friar and preacher Girolamo Savonarola burnt Florentine luxury goods on February 7, 1497 at the carnival of Florenc...

1981 The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League played the longest ever professiona...