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Survival Defied Fate
Two tennis greats were saved from the ice. It is amazing the number of real-life stories that …
Did a cat predict the Titanic Disaster
Is this a story about female intuition? We don’t know if it is true, but if it is it would tell us a…
From SS Royal William to SS Britannia
Did you know that Samuel Cunard, the founder of the Cunard Steamship Company, in 1833 part owned the…
Queen Boudica
A wronged Queen, who very nearly defeated the might of Imperial Rome Boudica (also written as Boadic…
Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from the 17th of November 1558 until her death on…
Why Assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
President Abraham Lincoln, the16th president of the United States of America was assassinated on Apr…