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Craving history with heart? "The Boys in the Light" by Nina Willner delivers a sweeping WWII narrative, proof of hope in dark places, and incredible resilience.
Total gripping true story for weekend reading.
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We're not just talkin' about halftime!
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A detail from an 1863 four-panel panoramic map (click on image to enlarge) of the Mississippi Valley and its Fortifications published by Charles Magnus of New York. The map itself is similar to Norman’s 1858 map of the lower Mississippi River, ... (continued)

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Hanged #OTD 1724 Jack Sheppard. His escapes from the infamous Newgate Prison made him a celebrity. On his final journey to Tyburn, a quarter of London turned out to see him. Hear the story of the original “Jack the Lad” in our dramatic podcast: tinyurl.com/48dr483b #hisotry #london #crime

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September 28: The (Mis-named) #BalangigaMassacre
Context: 149 Samareños, who had been detained and forced into hard labor in Balangiga after two American soldiers were beaten to a pulp for threatening to abduct a woman from the village.
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September 15, 1870: Work commences on the Overland Telegraph The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was an electrical telegraph system for sending messages the 3200 kilometres (2000 miles) between Darwin, in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia, and Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

September 15, 1870: Work commences on the Overland Telegraph
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Mark Your Calendar One year from today, on 6–7 June 2026, we will gather beside the Tower of London for the next Wolf Hall Weekend—a special event celebrating the life and work of Dame Hilary Mantel.

Mark Your Calendar!
One year from today, on 6–7 June 2026, we will gather beside the Tower of London for the next Wolf Hall Weekend—a special event celebrating the life and work of Dame Hilary Mantel.
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Earthlings, this is the PSA news article regarding the job cuts to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, which will impact websites like Te Ara, among others.
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Take one clean and roasted apple; quicksilver neutralized with spittle (preferably your own); mix well; anoint your eyebrows. Be gone, lice! #1661 #beauty #lice #pepys #diary #herstory #hisotry

The Mongol Empire is the largest contiguous land empire in history. Genghis Khan's empire eventually reached a size of at least 9 million square miles.

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British eccentricity.

Mr. Sutton of Camber, East Sussex (1958) - watch the whole film here: ow.ly/7X3t50Vj8gu

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Join us in celebrating St. Patrick's Day! Swipe right to discover our handpicked reading collection showcasing famous Irish authors and stories steeped in Irish heritage. Cheers! 🍀📚#stpatricksday#ReadUp #Publishing #Hisotry #Behindthebook #UPM

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Rock House ruins in Sugarland section of Great Smoky Mountain National Park. #hisotry #photography #gsmnp

Universität Basel: PhD Researcher in African Environmental History, Political Ecology or Environmental Humanities The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”....

Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT

"it's already been the case once that an open internet animated by curiosity defeated a closed commercial internet" - Chris Hayes

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