This day in history we feature the Statue of Liberty. The dismantled Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor on this day in 1885. Trivia – Statue of Liberty On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in […]
This day in history we feature the Eiffel Tower. A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris was officially inaugurated on this day in 1889. Trivia – Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed “La dame de fer” (French […]
This day in history we feature the Dubai Frame. It is an observatory, museum, and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai which was opened on this day in 2018. Trivia – Dubai Frame The Dubai Frame holds the record for the largest frame in the world. The building has a height of 150.24 meters and a […]
A car that was parked in the same spot in Italy for 47 years is being turned into a monument. Angelo Fregolent first parked his Lancia Fulvia 1962 outside the newsagent he ran with his wife, Bertilla Modolo, in the town of Conegliano back in 1974. The 94-year-old said, “I ran the newsstand under the […]
