A History Thread

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'Haunting' new footage of Titanic shipwreck - BBC News

The footage of the Belfast-built ship was taken during an exploration by a three-person team in 1986.

www.bbc.co.uk

For ***anic buffs.

 

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The asylum patients being given their stories back

Volunteers are uncovering the lives of former patients of the Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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How the search for Iraq's secret weapons fell apart

Twenty years after the Iraq war, controversy still rages over whether "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs) ever existed.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Why US presidents skip British coronations

There will be one glaring absence among the dignitaries at King Charles' coronation: US President Joe Biden.

www.bbc.co.uk

Just keeping up tradition.

 

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Did he go to the funeral?

 

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Yes he did with the First Lady.

 

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Bit hypocritical, then

 

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Yeh, and Truman didn't attend King George VI's funeral.

 

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Imperial War Museum to exhibit conflicting perspectives on Troubles

London museum will display array of testimonies and archive photographs collected over the years

www.theguardian.com

 

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Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before

Full-sized digital scans reveal shipwreck in stunning detail, showing unopened champagne bottles.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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FBI reveals 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II

Newly released FBI documents say there were “ever-present“ IRA threats during her US visits.

www.bbc.co.uk

So Naked Gun was right.

 

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That’s Enrico Palazzo!