At that moment I heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush in a panic. I was even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery, the celebrated painter who lived nearby. "'Painting!' she declared. 'What fun. But what are...
What Christmas was like the year you were born On Christmas Day in 1914, British and German troops emerged from the trenches of World War I as weeks of bad weather cleared and called a truce. It was spontaneous and not approved by any higher-ups, but many soldiers on both sides ended...
In so doing, the Pope managed to overlook the 100,000 Republicans executed by Franco’s Fascist Nationalists during the war, along with an additional 50,000 put to death at war’s end in 1939. Right into the 1960s, when the Vatican, under Pope Paul VI, began to retreat from Franco,...
Oct 20, 2024 ~ 'A Yazidi slave and Sinwar’s death reveal the barbarity of Islamic terrorism and the grace of Jews' Heartbreaking story. ISIS kidnapped her when she was 11. She's been owned by a Palestinian for 10 years until she was freed by the IDF. "As they did to other women...
Earhart was declared dead in January 1939, and various theories continue to circulate about what could have happened to the famed pilot. 1938: Superman is born Hulton Archive // Getty Images 1938: Superman is born The current superhero boom can be traced back to Action Comics #1 in 1938, ...
At the time of the interview, Jaclyn told the reporter that she was in North Carolina with her sister. Why haven't there been any community search parties? Jaclyn states that police told her not to because of "where they're at with the investigation," but when the time comes, she w...
An outdoor advert declares: Kaunas. My city, wherever I would be. Created by Monika Vilčinskienė there are many similar ads that superimpose famous places of Kaunas on the best-known wonders of the world (in this case, the War Museum and the Church of Christ Ressurection wer...
In 1940, the war in the East still felt far away to many in Western Europe, but that false sense of security was shattered on June 14. The New York World-Telegram echoed the shock felt across the Western world when what had been an unthinkable event unfolded in real time. After just ...
In 1940, the war in the East still felt far away to many in Western Europe, but that false sense of security was shattered on June 14. The New York World-Telegram echoed the shock felt across the Western world when what had been an unthinkable event unfolded in real time. After just ...
1911 Sharia law declared 1922 Forced conversion of Jewish orphans 1947 Anti-Jewish riots in Aden – 82 Jews killed From Morocco to Yemen there was clear, consistent, and undeniable persecution. Zionism did not send all this over the edge – the Arabs did this all by themselves. Zionism, than...