The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - Sky HISTORY
WEBAt 1 pm on 24 August, Mount Vesuvius announced its awakening with a violent eruption. An enormous dark cloud shrouded the blue sky above the volcano. The column of volcanic pumice, hot gasses and ash, pushed upwards of 9 miles into the atmosphere and spread across the skyline like black ink on blotting paper.
Gandhi's Salt March, the protest that changed Indian history
WEBGandhi’s idea was to lead a march about salt. At the time, the British Empire had a stranglehold on salt in India. The essential mineral was heavily taxed by the colonial power, and Indians could even be jailed for daring to make salt themselves. For Gandhi, the issue encapsulated the wicked tyranny of colonialism.
The real story of the Chernobyl divers | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WEBAlexei Ananenko, Valeri Bespalov and Boris Baranov are the three men who made up Chernobyl's so-called 'Suicide Squad'. They bravely entered the basement of the nuclear reactor to try and save the lives of millions of people. History is littered with events that evoke powerful memories with the utterance of just one word….
The Battle of Isandlwana and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
WEBBP Perry. British History. At eleven o’clock in the morning of January the 22nd 1879, a troop of British scouts chased a group of Zulus into the valley of Ngwebeni in Zululand. The scouts stopped dead in their tracks when they saw what the valley contained. Sitting on the ground in total silence were 20,000 Zulu warriors.
Who Was Billy The Kid? | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WEBOn 23 December, Sheriff Pat Garrett and captured Billy the Kid. He was found guilty of Sheriff Brady’s murder in April 1881 and sentenced to hang. On 28 April 1881, he managed to shoot Garrett’s deputies, James Bell and Bob Olinger, with Bell’s own gun, while still in shackles. Removing the shackles with an axe, the Kid fled Lincoln on a ...
The Curse of Oak Island | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WEBNo one knows, and anyone who has tried to find out has been met with dangerous setbacks—including booby traps! The Lagina brothers deploy technology like never before, but there’s an even bigger obstacle: A prophecy predicts seven people will die before the treasure is found. The death toll so far: six.
When is Easter 2025 and when are the school holidays?
WEBWhat dates are the school Easter holidays in 2025? While all the adults only get two days off work on Good Friday (18th April) and Easter Monday (20th April), most of the nation's children can get a full two weeks off school. Exact term dates alternate by school and region, but the Easter holidays in 2025 will likely fall between 7th April - 21th April.
Gorbachev's Reforms: 4 reasons the Soviet Union collapsed
WEBMikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died on 30th August 2022 at the age of 91, following a "long and serious illness". For much of the 20th century, the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world: a vast and seemingly permanent superpower locked in a Cold War with the West. But in 1991, it simply ceased to exist ...
Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea - a short history
WEBRussia invaded Crimea on 20 February 2014, officially marking the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The 2014 Crimean referendum is regarded by the UN as illegal because the whole of Ukraine is required to vote and both options on the ballot would have resulted in a separation from Ukraine. Putin’s Gamble: Crimea Invasion is a ...
The Knights Templar and the Temple of Solomon - Sky HISTORY
WEBThe Templars were ousted from Jerusalem at the end of the 12th Century, and many people believe they took whatever they found during the course of their excavations with them, hiding the treasure of Solomon’s Temple in their headquarters in Paris until the order was brutally disbanded in 1307. It was during the crushing of the order that the ...
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