by David West | Aug 9, 2025 | News
On the 9th of August, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States as a direct result of the Watergate scandal. Origins of the Scandal The roots of the Watergate scandal trace back to the Nixon administration’s attempts to secure re-election in...
by David West | Aug 8, 2025 | News
On the 8th of August, 1588, the Battle of Gravelines ended Spain’s first attempt to invade England with their Armada. It was a pivotal naval engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada during the Anglo-Spanish War. This battle, occurring off the coast...
by David West | Aug 7, 2025 | News
On the 6th of August, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl completed his 101 day voyage across the Pacific Ocean on his Balsa wood raft, Kon-Tiki. I remember learning about him at primary school in the 1960’s. I’ve written about adventurers, and scientists, but Heyerdahl must be...
by David West | Aug 6, 2025 | News
Hiroshima I have written about World War II several times. My father fought in North Africa, Italy, and Normandy. On the 6th of August, 1945, Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The atomic bomb, code-named “Little Boy,” was developed as...
by David West | Aug 5, 2025 | News
I have posted about inventors like Gutenberg, Edison, and Colt. Today I am drawn to Sir Francis Ronalds because on the 5th of August, 1816, the British Admiralty rejected his invention of the electric telegraph, preferring to stick with semaphore. Sir Francis Ronalds...
