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On the day of the eighth of March in 1917. There was a strike in Petrograd. No ordinary strike. For it was by women. And it was this strike that caused the end of Royalty in Russia. The Tsar was overthrown. It was these women that brought Socialism to...

Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy On this day in 1950 this was number one. It was a popular song of it's time And can even be heard singing whilst walking on a busy throughfare Enjoy the day with Chattanoogie shoe shine boy

Throwing cats to their death from a belfry is celbrated in Ypres. There was problem in castles, churches and ships during the medieval time. There was a problem of vermin which had to be controlled. A town in Germany. Hamelin employed a musician. However...

The Eskimo's of Central Siberian Yupik has 40 such terms for snow, whereas the Inuit dialect spoken in Nunavik, Quebec, has at least 53 for snow whereas here in Scotland we have more words for rain Aftak (an easing or lull in a storm or rain) Aitran (piercing...

There was much disorder in the United Kingdom this day of the Seventh of March in 1820 During this period there had been the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. . This was a time in England of much social unrest comparable today's inequality over an...

This is from a Missionary from Manchester that shows the thinkings of an Englishman towards the natives of the New Zealand in the late nineteenth century. "Civilisation in New Zealand be implied habits of cleanliness, decency of demeanour, the acquirement...

Walk not the night alone, meander not Through the moonlit forest, frost is creeping Across the pallid ground, your soul for chilling. Trade me love that we both sought. Let me warm your soul, to take your weight From off your weary shoulders, taking flight...

Mary Brewster, MONDAY [Mar.] 6 [1848]: “Weather some better this morning with a light wind from the north ship heading N by W. Middle hard gales from SW and squally Latter part wind blew a gale and with a very bad sea. Towards night I went below and got...

Van Cliburn in 1958 went to Russia and won a classical music competition playing the piano. Van Cliburn was from a wee small place in Shreveport, Louisiana , United States of America. Incredibly then he become a diplomat during the Cold War between those...

Somersault An acrobatic exercise in which the body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. The variety that takes place on the ground is known as roll. The word originates from an obsolete French word sobresaut, which...

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