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.
When the Vikings ruled in Britain: A brief history of Danelaw
WEBVikings. On 8 June 793 AD, a group of seafaring Norse people from Scandinavia crossed the North Sea and landed on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, just off the northeast coast of England. They ransacked the important Christian monastery of St Cuthbert and in doing so heralded in the time of the Vikings, an age that would last for another 300 years.
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 Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
WEBThe Hells Angels were founded in Fontana, California on 17th March 1948, not by the late Ralph ‘Sonny’ Berger as is often believed. The inception is usually credited to motorcycle enthusiast Otto Friedli though this has been disputed and denied by Friedli himself. Supposedly, Otto borrowed the name from Arvid Olsen, a former vet who’d ...
Nostradamus: Which of his predictions came true? - Sky HISTORY
WEB3. The Coming of Adolf Hitler. Nostradamus has been credited with quite a few 20th Century predictions, and the rise of Adolf Hitler is often cited as one of them. And, to be fair, his writings do provoke a slight chill of recognition. ' From the depths of the West of Europe,' Nostradamus wrote, 'A young child will be born of poor people'.
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.
The top 25 treasures discovered on Oak Island… So far
WEBThe mystery of Oak Island has captivated treasure hunters for centuries. Most recently, the search for the Oak Island treasure has been taken up by Rick and Marty Lagina, whose quest is chronicled in The Curse of Oak Island. Whilst the fabled treasure hoard has yet to be discovered, various intriguing historical items have been dug up over the years by the Laginas themselves and by earlier ...
Baba Vanga: Which of her predictions came true? - Sky HISTORY
WEBBaba Vanga: The Balkan Nostradamus who predicted Chernobyl and 9/11. Many years before, in 1969, Baba Vanga had a vision of Gandhi, saying 'The dress will destroy her. I see an orange-yellow dress in the smoke and fire.'. On the fateful day the bodyguards opened fire, Indira Gandhi was indeed wearing a saffron-hued saree.
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.
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….