by David West | Dec 21, 2024 | News
On 21st December 1934 the French film Zouzou, starring Josephine Baker premiered in Paris. Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture. I have posted about her before, focusing on her work as a spy during World War II. Zouzou is a...
by David West | Dec 20, 2024 | News
On 20th December 1192 Richard I was captured near Vienna by Leopold of Austria on his return from the Third Crusade. Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199), is one of history’s most iconic monarchs. Born to King Henry II of England and...
by David West | Dec 19, 2024 | News
On 19th December 1686 Robinson Crusoe left his desert island after 28 years of being marooned, according to Daniel Defoe’s famous novel. Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – April 24, 1731) was an English writer, journalist, businessman, and covert government agent, widely...
by David West | Dec 18, 2024 | News
On 18th December 1965 Gemini 7 splashed down after almost two weeks orbiting the Earth. It was Jim Lovell’s first space flight, Frank Borman was the Pilot in Command. I have posted about my favourite films, and although I named several, Apollo 13 is top. James Arthur...
by David West | Dec 17, 2024 | News
On This Day tells me that on 17th December 1572 the Spanish set fires in Haarlem, in the Netherlands, during the Eighty Years War. Sir Anthony Standen was sent by Walsingham as a spy during that war. In my account of his incredible life, The Spy who Sank the Armada,...
