BOOK OF THE WEEK
- 13 Jan - 19 Jan, 2024
Harper Lee's classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning book is about racial inequality during the Great Depression.
The British rock band performed for the first time as a group at the Marquee Club in London.
Held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, the concert raised millions in benefit of those affected by famine in Ethiopia. Over a billion people tuned in around the world to watch the show.
The American spacecraft became the first to take pictures of another planet and send them back to Earth.
The ancient Egyptian rock inscribed with a decree by King Ptolemy V was found in the Egyptian port city of Rashid (Rosetta) by French Captain Pierre Bouchard.
The e-commerce website was first founded in 1995 by Jeff Bezos as an online bookstore. The first book sold by the Internet giant was Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies by Douglas Hofstadter.
The popular theme park (The Happiest Place on Earth) was opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
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