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#On this day – Chernobyl

26, 4, 2020 - The worst nuclear event in history On this day in 1986, the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl .... Read More

Cicero

17, 2, 2020 - A fine writer and orator Born in 106 BCE into a wealthy family of the equestrian order, Marcus .... Read More

#On this day – The Battle of Stalingrad

24, 1, 2020 - A fight to the death On the 24th of January 1943, Adolf Hitler ordered his German troops to .... Read More

Harald Bluetooth

12, 1, 2020 - A Great Viking King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson was a late 10th century king of Denmark and .... Read More

John Stow

4, 1, 2020 - Tudor Writer, Historian and Antiquarian John Stow (1525-1605) was a prolific Tudor writer, .... Read More

Isaac Newton

3, 1, 2020 - Exceptional Science Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was one of history’s most accomplished .... Read More

The Cold War

3, 1, 2020 - International Tension A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and its .... Read More

The Reign of Terror

3, 1, 2020 - The French Revolution The Reign of Terror was a period during the French Revolution where the .... Read More

Sign Language

18, 9, 2019 - Hand Gestures and the History of Sign Language The use of communication through hand gestures .... Read More

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