A History Thread

[Bada-Bing!]

Bloody Sunday victims remembered on 50th anniversary

Thirteen people were killed when British soldiers opened fire on a civil rights march in Londonderry.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Bloody Sunday victims remembered on 50th anniversary

Thirteen people were killed when British soldiers opened fire on a civil rights march in Londonderry.

www.bbc.co.uk

RIP

The amnesties given to those murderers is absolutely disgusting. Westminster denying the conflict was a civil war and then holding the British Army to the same standards as what they brand as terrorists is the height of hypocrisy.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

This guy's videos are generally a good, impartial primer for different topics. He completely avoids emotive language and remains as neutral as possible. Here are a couple of topical ones providing background context in Ukraine / Russia relations in 3 minutes each. Obviously in 3 minutes, you can't go into full depth.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

What was one of the world's greatest undiscovered shipwrecks is identified on the Antarctic seafloor.

www.bbc.co.uk

Incredible!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Michael Collins: Lock of Irish leader's hair sells for £18,000

It is sold at auction in Belfast for more than double that of a gun he used during a jail break.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years

A new investigation identifies a suspect who may have told the Nazis about the Jewish diarist's hideout.

www.bbc.co.uk

Anne Frank betrayal book pulled after findings discredited

The book claimed to have discovered who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Michael Collins: Lock of Irish leader's hair sells for £18,000

It is sold at auction in Belfast for more than double that of a gun he used during a jail break.

www.bbc.co.uk

Total bargain for the hair, but he should have used that gun to put one between Dev's eyes.

 

[BrokenWing]

I heard that they sang the escape plans to him in Irish so the prison guards just thought they were having a bit of a sing song.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Tanis: Fossil found of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike, scientists claim

Remains are unearthed of a dinosaur that may have died on the very day a space rock hit Earth.

www.bbc.co.uk

Quite remarkable.

 

[Seeker]

History tells us that you can't out run a Grizzly bear.

 

[Which Tyler]

History tells us that you can't out run a Grizzly bear.

If you're chased by a bear... play dead - it's good practice for what you'll be doing 10 minutes later

 

[Bada-Bing!]

History tells us that you can't out run a Grizzly bear.

Yeh tell Leo that



I like this one:

 

[BrokenWing]

History tells us that you can't out run a Grizzly bear.

You don’t need to outrun a grizzly bear. Just outrun the people with you.

 

[Gavin]

Looks incredible

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

If a bear tried to mess with me he'd know about it in the morning. I tell you that.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfh7m39

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sirens ring out in Israel to honour Holocaust victims

Streets came to a standstill as people paused to pay tribute to the millions killed in the Holocaust.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ncurd]

One for @Which Tyler