The history of Diwali: The five-day festival of light
The everchanging Festival of Light. Diwali is a five-day festival, and in 2024 it is celebrated between 30th October and 3rd November. Every year the dates of the festival change as the moon's position determines them.
How the Nazis lost WW2: Four major turning points
The failure of Operation Barbarossa. Though Hitler and Stalin had signed a non-aggression pact in 1939, that marriage of convenience was spectacularly annulled when the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941.
When is Easter 2025 and when are the school holidays?
What 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.
Everything you need to know about Queen Elizabeth I
Daughter of Henry VIII and his infamous second wife, Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I is one of the most iconic monarchs in British history. Whether you know her story from the silver screen or the classroom blackboard, Elizabeth’s rise to power has captivated audiences throughout history.
The Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
However, contained within ‘When we do right, nobody remembers.When we do wrong, nobody forgets’ is an almost endearing sense of aggrievement, and the powerful sentiment of ‘them and us’ is very much in evidence as well. 4. How inclusive are the Hells Angels? Sonny Berger said in 2000: "If you're a motorcycle rider and you're white, you want to join the Hells Angels.
Cornelius Vanderbilt | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ‘Commodore’: the first of the robber barons. The Civil War broke his heart, but made his second fortune. Cornelius was born in 1794 on Staten Island among the harbours that would make his first fortune. Aged 11, he started work with his father, a poor illiterate seaman ...
The real story of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history
On 26th April 1986, a routine safety test went catastrophically wrong and triggered the worst nuclear accident of all time. The incident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine led to the release of 400 times more radiation than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during WW2.. 31 people died in the immediate aftermath, whilst the long-term health effects caused by Chernobyl ...
The biggest conspiracy theories in history
The ‘truth’ of 9/11. It was perhaps inevitable that an event as dramatic and devastating as the September 11 attacks would trigger an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Indeed, online commenters were suggesting it was an ‘inside job’ on the very day that terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The 10 hottest temperatures in UK history
Jul 18, 2022 · As the UK faced its hottest temperatures on record in July 2022, the warmer weather sparked more and more conversations about environmental issues. Seven of the ten hottest temperatures in UK history have been recorded since 2003 which could be a sign of continued global warming.Though the summer of 1976 was also a scorcher).
How Victoria became queen: The succession crisis of 1817
Victoria was born fifth in the line of succession whilst Elizabeth was third. However, fate conspired and the winds of change blew in their favour. Whilst the story of Elizabeth’s rise to the throne is well-known, famously due to the abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII, Victoria’s ascension ...