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King Henry VIII sees his flagship ‘Mary Rose’ sink
To listen to this whole post, click here – On this day in 1545 the Mary Rose, flagship of the English navy, sank off the... Read More
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King Edward I and Hitler had things in common
To listen to this whole post, click here – On this day in 1290, King Edward I of England expelled all Jews from the country... Read More
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Handel’s ‘Water Music’ floats the King’s boat
To listen to this whole post, click here – On this day in 1717 the first performance of Handel’s ‘Water Music’ was given, on... Read More
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J D Salinger, Holden Caulfield and Huck Finn
To listen to this whole post, click here – On this day in 1951 the novel The Catcher in The Rye was published. Teenagers everywhere... Read More
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The Rosetta Stone reveals Egypt’s past
TO LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE POST, CLICK HERE – On this day in 1799 the Rosetta Stone was found in a village in Egypt.... Read More
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David Thoreau invents civil disobedience
TO LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE POST, CLICK HERE – On this day in 1846 Henry David Thoreau was jailed in Massachusetts for non-payment of... Read More
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Hubris and Nemesis
On this day in 1792, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, King and Queen of France, were deposed and imprisoned in Paris. Marie Antoinette married at... Read More