An interesting historical story.
His famous nickname was Richard Couer de Lion, which translates to Richard the Lionheart, not Lionhearted. He was born in 1157. He was the third son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was born in England, but he probably never learned to speak English. The royal Read more…
George H.W. Bush enlisted in the Navy right out of high school. In 1944, he entered combat as one of the youngest pilots in the Navy at age 20. He flew an Avenger torpedo/dive bomber off the USS San Jacinto. On Sept. 2, 1944, his squadron was tasked with Read more…
In Oct., 1917 when the Bolsheviks took over, Czar Nicholas and his family were arrested and eventually placed in the House of Special Purpose in the city of Yekaterinburg. With the Russian Civil War going on, the Reds began to fear that the Whites would liberate the royal family. Read more…
Gaius Caesar ruled Rome from 37-41 A.D. He is better known as Caligula. The son of the famous general Germanicus, he went on campaign with him in Germany as a boy and was dressed in a little soldier’s uniform. Including little boots (caligulae), so the legionaries called him “Caligula”. He Read more…
The Beatles played their last paid concert on August 29, 1966. It wasn’t supposed to be their last concert when the tour started, but after the tour from Hell, they called it quits. The Fab Four were not thrilled with the tour from the beginning. Their studio work had evolved, Read more…
The Anglo-Zanzibar War took place in 1896. In 1890, Great Britain and Germany had agreed that Zanzibar fell in the British sphere of influence in Africa. Soon after, it became a British protectorate with a puppet sultan on the throne. In 1896, he died mysteriously and was replaced by Read more…
It was the first significant land battle of the Hundred Years War. The war began when British King Edward III claimed the throne of France after the death of Philip IV. Edward invaded France on July 12, 1346 after the French had threatened to take back British-held lands in France. Read more…
The people of Pompeii and Herculaneum did not even know they were living near an active volcano. It had not erupted in 1,800 years. They did not realize the reason why the soil was so fertile was because of previous deposits of volcanic ash. They did not even have the Read more…
He was born a slave to a small, but prosperous plantation owner named Benjamin Turner. He was greatly influenced by his grandmother who had been brought over from Africa. She was very religious and very anti-slavery. He was a special child. As early as age 3, he claimed to know Read more…
He was born one of nine kids to a poor farmer and Continental Army veteran. His birthplace was in what is today eastern Tennessee, but at the time was officially North Carolina. Actually, his father and others claimed he was born in the independent republic of Franklin, which was the Read more…