At 10 a.m. on the morning of January 9, 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first aerial trip in a yellow hot air balloon. Blanchard, famous French aeronaut, had filled his balloon with hydrogen and sold tickets for $5 for the take off. Our first president, General George Washington and...
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event which occurs once every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating....
On August 23, 2013, the United Nations proclaimed that the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace would be celebrated on April 6 each year. This date also marks the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. The International Day of Sport for the Development...
International Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), a UNESCO partner NGO, and is celebrated on April 29 every year. The date was suggested by the International Dance Committee of ITI to commemorate the birthday of...
Day was established as June 6th in honor of the birthday of Donald F. Duncan Sr. Did you know that the yo-yo is considered the second-oldest toy in history? In Ancient Greece, yo-yos were made of wood, metal, and terracotta and were often decorated with pictures of the gods. To pay homage...
There are hundreds of thousands of sports fields on the planet, and some stunning events unfold there every hour. Thanks to journalists' promptness, impartiality and talent, millions of fans around the world receive information, make their choices, form their opinions. World Sports...