Windermere Interstadial

A warmer period during the Devensian Ice Age, which lasted from about 16,000 to 13,000 years ago. See '<a href="/historical-period/prehistory/stone-age/a-brief-history-of-climate-change" target="_blank">A Brief History of Climate Change</a>'.

Fact of the Day

Sir Charles Isham introduced garden gnomes to England in 1847 hoping to attract real gnomes to his garden.

Quote of the Day

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

~ Nelson Mandela

On This Day

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.