The rebel of Poland (1990)

360.org - Wednesday, 25 November 2020 - Back in the year 1976 Polish workers where in despair. Prime minister Piotr Jaroszewicz revealed a plan to increase the food prices. The plan was to increase butter by 33%, meat by 70%, and double the price of sugar. This hadn�t been the first time the government tried to increase the food prices, and certainly wouldn�t be the last. But this time it lead to massive protests. Luckily there was one man to lead the oposition. Lech Wa??sa. And he did so well, he became prime minister on this day in the year 1990. Read More >>

The show must go on (1997)

360.org - Tuesday, 24 November 2020 - Today in 1991 music fans around the world were shocked by the news that Freddy Mercury died of aids. The lead vocalist of the rock band Queen had only confirmed to have contracted the disease a day earlier. Although rumours were rife for a couple of years, most people did not see Mercury�s death coming. Read More >>

Launch of the first weather satellite (1977)

360.org - Monday, 23 November 2020 - All this effort, just so we know what to wear tomorrow morning... The first weather satellite was launched on November 23th in the year 1977, the beginning of a new satellite-era. The satellite was named Meteosat-1. In the following years, eleven different Meteosat satellites have been sent into the atmosphere. Read More >>

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany

On the 22th of november in the year 2005, history was written when Angela Merkel became Germany�s first female Chancellor. On that day she became one of the leading figures of the European Union. Read More >>

Dutch people united against NATO�s cruise missiles

On this day in the year 1981, 400.000 people demonstrated against cruise missiles in Amsterdam. These protesters were followers of various religion types, but they stood together to make the government stop their plans of deploying US cruise missiles on Dutch ground. This demonstration was very crucial to the people, because the US cruise missiles carried nuclear warheads, which were generally neutron bombs. Read More >>

Looking through the Windows

In this era of technology, computers and mobile phones have become a major part in our daily lives. For the current youngsters, the internet and all its uses are as ordinary as anything, but just a few years ago, that world looked a whole lot different. Take the 20th of November, 1985. On this day, Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released, but it took some time for the famous corporation to get their operating system up to the point we currently are. Read More >>

Mission: transmission

Although his father taught him to sail and wanted him to join the Italian marine, young Guglielmo Marconi didn't pass his test. However, this didn't mean he couldn't go overseas. He found a whole different means to bridge the Atlantic. In 1911, on Sunday the 19th of November, Marconi greeted the New York Times in America, from his station in Italy. Surpassing the expectations and the existing record of distance bridged, with this 4000-mile transmission. All wirelessly. Read More >>

Smoke Underground

It was around half past seven in the evening of the 18th of November in 1987, when a small and supposedly harmless match fell on the ground under a wooden escalator. Some passenger had probably used it to light a cigarette on his way out of the tube station. Unfortunately, this little event turned into a catastrophic day for London. On that day, 31 people died and another 100 were injured in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest tube station. Read More >>

1913: Wonder of the world, the Panama Canal

1974: Mamma Mia!

1990: Girl You Know It�s (not) True!

2008: Recession in Europe!

1997: Hakuna Matata! An iconic musical is born

1990: A modern emperor in a traditional house

2000: 155 people killed in a cable car

1989: Word processing gets a huge impulse

1989: Tear down this wall!

1966: Cake for Gordon Ramsay!

2000: Ingrid of Sweden; the beloved Queen of Denmark

1965: How to become president, born poor: Nixon is elected president