THE PALOMARES INCIDENT

                In military terminology, “Broken Arrow” is an accident involving a nuclear bomb that does not result in detonation.  From 1950-1980, there were 21 declassified incidents where nuclear bombs were lost, accidentally dropped, ejected from a plane for safety reasons, Read more…

THE NIKA RIOTS

                What would happen if you combined soccer hooliganism with street gangs and political parties?  You would get something like the Nika Revolt of 532.  The revolt occurred in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.  The Emperor Justinian I Read more…