Toby's experience comes from website design as well as experience running large forums and communities. After he married Debbie he developed a keen interest in history and found himself discussing history quite a lot!
Fact of the Day
Before a naval battle with England in 1545, French king Francis I held a farewell dinner on his flagship, which shortly afterwards sank having caught fire when her guns went off by themselves.
Quote of the Day
"I let down my friends, I let down my country. I let down our system of government,
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~ Richard Nixon
On This Day
1889American writer Nellie Bly set off on her round the world journey. She aimed to do it within 80 days. It took her 72.
1914The Ottoman Empire declared a jihad on Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro.
1922The BBC broadcast its first radio programme: a news bulletin and weather forecast
1940German bombers dropped 500 tonnes of high explosives and 36,000 incendiary bombs on Coventry. It had been 'coventried'.
1969The second manned mission to the moon, Apollo 12, launched from Cape Canaveral.
