Today, Google announced that Youngstown, Ohio, will be the first city in its Compass Experiment, a joint venture with newspaper publishing company McClatchy to revive local news. The announcement ...
This week, Nintendo announced an updated version of the Switch. Meanwhile, one of its oldest consoles celebrated its thirty-sixth birthday. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released on July ...
If you're a YouTube Premium or Music Premium subscriber, switching between a song and its music video should be smoother as of today. You can hop back and forth between the two, and playback will ...
In time for the holidays, Toys 'R' Us parent company Tru Kids is planning to open two permanent stores. This time around, the stores will include things like theaters for movies and video games, ...
The 'Keurig of cocktails' concept isn't exactly new, but that's not stopping companies like Barsys from perfecting the robotic bartender. Next week, Barsys is launching its robotic cocktail mixer ...
Google wouldn't let the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing go by without a Google Doodle. The company released its commemorative video Doodle today. The nearly five-minute animated clip ...
Toyota's first dedicated vehicle for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo isn't a flying car, but it shows promise. The automaker today unveiled the APM (Accessible People Mover), an ...
The smart diaper wars have truly begun. Today, Pampers unveiled Lumi, an all-in-one connected system that includes two activity sensors for diapers, a Logitech camera fashioned into a Wi-Fi baby ...
Time is joining Google in marking Apollo 11's 50th anniversary using augmented reality, although this one is decidedly different -- and may be particularly valuable if you're a history buff. The ...
Alexa could add color and suspense to your murder mystery game nights if it's getting a bit stale lately. X2 Games, created by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and Hollywood creative director Zai ...
Six years after Plants vs. Zombies 2 staggered into the world, the next entry in the series is on the way. PopCap Games is hard at work on Plants vs. Zombies 3, and it's already offering you the ...
In the Instagram and YouTube age, your outdoor adventures basically didn't happen unless there are good images and videos to share. At least that's how it feels sometimes. So why is it that your ...
Instagram is making a few changes to the way it disables accounts. Currently, the platform removes accounts with a certain percentage of violating content. But it's rolling out a new policy that will ...
Honda might have delighted the European market with details of its cute and compact electric Honda E, but that's no use to American drivers -- the Honda E isn't destined for US soil and even if it ...
Tens of thousands of Slack users will have to change their passwords after the company learned new details about a 2015 data breach. If you created your account before March of that year, haven't ...
Fresh off its high-profile feud with Apple, Qualcomm is suffering more legal woes. An investigation by the European Commission has found Qualcomm abused its market dominance in the manufacture of 3G ...
At its heart, hiking is about getting away from technology. Stuffing everything you need to survive for a few days into a bag and disappearing into the woods is as much about breaking free of the ...
Remember when FaceApp went viral for all the wrong reasons? That happened again recently, though this time, the controversy became big enough for a US Senator to get involved. New York Democratic ...
Verizon (Engadget's parent company) has unveiled the latest device that connects to its 5G network. The Inseego MiFi M1000 is the first 5G hotspot available through Verizon, and it costs $650 ...
An error in Uber's systems on Wednesday led to people being charged 100 times what their ride should have cost. One user was charged $2,053 dollars on a ride that should have cost ...
Αγρια τουβλάκια. Ενα ξεχωριστό θεματικό πάρκο ξεκινά στην Αγγλία. Το Knowsley Safari Park έχει να επιδείξει 82 ομοιώματα ζώων φτιαγμένα από τουβλάκια Lego σε φυσικό μέγεθος όπως ο λέων της φωτογραφίας. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
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Τον 15ο αιώνα, στη Βαυαρία, τα μέλη της ευαγγελικής σέκτας «Αδερφότητα της Μοραβίας», εξαιτίας της αποστροφής τους απέναντι στη βία και την αιματοχυσία, όταν έπρεπε να εκτελέσουν κάποιον, τον γαργαλούσαν μέχρι θανάτου!
Στο χωριό Μεχμέταγα της Αρκαδίας 400 Αιγύπτιοι συγκρούονται με ελληνική δύναμη υπό τους Χατζημιχαλή Νταλιάνη, Νικηταρά, Γιατράκο και Πορτογάλο Φιλέλληνα Αλμέιδα. Μετά από σκληρό αγώνα οι Αιγύπτιοι τρέπονται σε φυγή, εγκαταλείποντας 200 νεκρούς.
1918
Παρουσιάζεται στην Αθήνα με σημαντική επιτυχία η οπερέτα Βαφτιστικός του Θεόφραστου Σακελλαρίδη
1996
Αεροπορική τραγωδία σημειώθηκε στα άνοιχτα του Ατλαντικού Ωκεανού όταν ένα αεροπλάνο τύπου 747-200 της TWA εξερράγη 15 λεπτά μετά την απογείωση του με προορισμό το Παρίσι. Νεκροί και οι 228 επιβαίνοντες.
