Survival Defied Fate
Two tennis greats were saved from the ice. It is amazing the number of real-life stories that have come out of that tragic event in the frozen darkness of the Northern Atlantic, where an iceberg…
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 lot about cats and maybe female intuition! It is another story that…
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 first ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam power, SS Royal William. The SS Royal William…
Queen Boudica
A wronged Queen, who very nearly defeated the might of Imperial Rome Boudica (also written as Boadicea) was a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60/61. What we…
Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from the 17th of November 1558 until her death on the 24th March 1603. Although a monarch of her time, she is regarded as a fair…
Why Assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
President Abraham Lincoln, the16th president of the United States of America was assassinated on April 14th 1865. But why? What had this ‘man of the people’ done to deserve such a violent end? Born in…
The Act of Supremacy
On the 3rd November 1534 the first Act of Supremacy was passed? The Act of Supremacy This was the act that made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England, replacing the Pope and…
Did an Italian Columbus discover America for Spain!
We do know that on October 16th 1492 Christopher Columbus’ fleet anchored at “Fernandina” He, an Italian, thought he had reached America! But, in fact, he hadn’t he had reached Long Island in the Bahamas.…
Have you heard of the “Night Witches”?
“The Night Witches” is the name given by German soldiers to Russian female pilots on the Eastern Front during World War II. “The Night Witches” flew under the cover of darkness their wooden biplanes toward…
The Spanish meet the Aztecs
On the 8th November 1519, the conquistador, Hernán Cortes, arrived in Tenochtitlan along with 400 Spaniards and around 1000 native troops. Who Was He? His full name was Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano,…