Saturday, 15 November 2025

Monday, 10 November 2025

Friday, 7 November 2025

Stalin's Famine in Kazakhstan

 I am writing a history of Kazakhstan. I didn't realise that Stalin caused a terrible famine in Kazakhstan in 1931-1933. More than 1.5 million people died.

Friday, 31 October 2025

Laura Bassi

 Famous woman physicist Laura Bassi was born in Bologna, Italy, on 31 October 1711. She studied at Bologna and gained a doctorate degree in 1732. She became a lecturer at the university and also made important contributions to science. https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/laura-bassi-one-of-the-first-women-in-science

Tuesday, 28 October 2025