Historical Period

Climate changed dramatically during the Stone Age, from warmer than today to much colder. There were a number of ice ages, where glaciers expanded down from the north and sometimes covered much of Britain, making it impossible to live there.

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Fact of the Day

King John used the fat from 40 pigs to blow up the southern wall of Rochester Castle during a siege in 1215

Quote of the Day

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. "

~ Voltaire

On This Day

1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent. It allowed British Catholics to vote, hold public office, and sit in parliament.

1912 The Royal Flying Corps was founded.

1919 British troops slaughter hundreds of unarmed Indian civilians in Amritsar at the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

1970 Late in the evening, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks after a routine procedure caused crisis and a mission abort for Apollo 13.