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What was initially scheduled as a European ski vacation, resulted in a London banker's incredible humanitarian effort to rescue Jewish children from Czechoslovakia prior to WWII.  Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British banker and humanitarian who established an organization to rescue children at risk from Nazi Germany.  Winton supervised the rescue of 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. Winton found homes …

Harry Potter, the boy wizard, who more than two decades ago, on his eleventh birthday was whisked onto Platform 93/4 at King’s Cross Station, and readers everywhere were swept along with him into a magical universe, created by J.K. Rowling.  Portugal has now joined the United States, Spain and Great Britain in celebrating the worldwide phenomenon that has inspired eight blockbuster movies, an award-winning stage play, and, more recently, the start of the Fantastic Beasts ve- lm se …

Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - 150th Anniversary The life story of Mahatma Gandhi is one of heroic efforts to establish the values of Truth and Non-violence. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, ('Great Soul') was born on 2nd Oct 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India and is acknowledged as the father of the nation.Mahatma Gandhi was a lawyer, a freedom fighter and an influential political leader who played the leading role in India's struggle for independence. Und …

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon: an achievement that had long been confined to the realm of science fiction. A breathless world watched as Armstrong stepped onto the Moon’s surface and famously said, “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."During 2019, the United States Postal Service, along with numerous worldwide postal administrations issued stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of this historic achievement.&nb …

No other actress has had her image engraved on world-wide stamps more than Norma Jean Mortenson, most popularly known as Marilyn Monroe.  The iconic sex symbol has been featured on numerous stamp sets, gold foil souvenir sheets, deluxe sheets, and even postal stationary from countries ranging from Central Africa to the Caribbean islands of St. Vincent, Nevis, and Montserrat.In 1995, the United States Postal Service featured Monroe as the first actor commemorated in their "Legends of Hollywo …