A civil war in England between 1135 and 1153. It can also to refer to the turbulent political landscape of late Mughal India.
The Anarchy
Fact of the Day
Novelist Agatha Christie was a keen surfer.
Quote of the Day
"Water knee deep and up to the waist in places. Rumours of being relieved by the Grand Fleet.
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~ British First World War soldier writing about the trenches in his diary
On This Day
330 Constantinople - formerly Byzantium - officially became the new capital of the Roman Empire.
973 Ælfthryth, wife of King Edgar of England, was crowned Queen consort.
1812 The only British PM to be assassinated whilst in office, Spencer Perceval, was shot by John Bellingham.
1960 Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, was captured.
1985 A small fire that started in litter under wooden stands at Bradford City football stadium rapidly got out of control. Fifty-six people were killed, either trapped in their seats or at locked turnstiles.