David Thoreau invents civil disobedience
TO LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE POST, CLICK HERE – On this day in 1846 Henry David Thoreau was jailed in Massachusetts for non-payment of... Read More
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Hubris and Nemesis
On this day in 1792, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, King and Queen of France, were deposed and imprisoned in Paris. Marie Antoinette married at... Read More
Julius Caesar starts the fashion for dictatorship
On this day in 100BC Julius Caesar was born. Nearly two thousand years later, the name of this man still stands for power and military... Read More
The Boyne, where King Billy met King James
On this day in 1690, The Battle of the Boyne was fought between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones – the... Read More
Lady Godiva, Coventry’s streaker
On this day in 1040 Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to... Read More
Bill Haley, twentieth century Shaker
On this day in 1955 the recording Rock around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets reached number one in the Billboard listings. It... Read More
Betty Ford, President’s wife and addict
On this day in 2011 Betty Ford, First Lady to US President Gerald Ford,died. During her husband’s terms of office, she was a well-liked and... Read More