Historical fact

The first official flight of the Boeing 747 wide-body passenger aircraft took place on February 9, 1969. By the end of their production in 1984, the company managed to build 1,832 such aircraft. The Boeing airplane is the first wide-body long-haul...

Knights are often idealized, attributing courage, bravery and honor to them. Such qualities, as a rule, are served in the sauce of excessive romanticism. But how did they really relate, for example, to women? Perhaps this 15th century document will give...

For the symbolic price of one pound sterling, on February 6, 1996, the British Antarctic station Faraday was transferred into the ownership of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Antarctic station Akademik Vernadsky is based on it. The scientific base on the...

This video of the hunt of the 1920s near the Pomoryansky castle has been kept in the Polish archives for many years. Pomoryansky Castle is a historical and architectural monument, which is located in the village of Pomoryany, Zolochiv district, Lviv...

At the conference in Yalta, which lasted from February 4 to February 11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin each arrived with their list of issues planned for discussion. The Soviet Union was interested, above all, in receiving...

On February 2, 1935, a lie detector was used for the first time in court practice. This was in the United States during the trial of two criminals and their testimony served as evidence of guilt. After conducting over 30,000 polygraph examinations, Dr...

At the dawn of aviation, the aircraft showrooms did not look like we used to. It now you want to sleep - pay. What happened before? How did privileged passengers fly before? This question will be answered by our first class history in aviation. The...

The resort of Truskavets was founded in 1827. Then built 8 baths for mineral water. The first chemical analysis of water "Naftusya" was done by Lviv pharmacist Theodor Torosevich in 1835-1836. He justified its use for therapeutic purposes. After that...

In France, on January 31, 1924, the First Winter Olympic Games ended, in which 16 teams took part. In the team competition team won Norway. The games started on January 25 in the French Alpine town of Chamonix. They were held as the “International...

In the south of Belarus is a beautiful and quiet place - District. This is a small town consisting of just one street. It is adjacent to the fenced area, covered with forest. At first glance, all this may seem like an ordinary Belarusian agro-town. But...