St. Vitus’ Dance
On the 24th of June, 1374, an outbreak of St. John’s Dance, or St. Vitus’ Dance, occurred in Aachen. People began to hallucinate then jump and twitch uncontrolably until the collapsed from exhaustion. Since a physician, Manuel Nuñez, appeared in Called to Account, the...
Bannockburn
On the 23rd of June, 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn began. The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two tumultuous days, remains one of the most significant and celebrated events in Scottish history. A pivotal clash during the First War of Scottish Independence, this...
Barbarossa
On the 22nd of June, 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Named after the medieval Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's ideological goals and strategic objectives, fundamentally altering...
Greenland
On the 21st of June, 2009, Greenland assumed self-rule. Trump wants to annex Greenland, so let’s have a closer look at the place. Greenland, the world's largest island, sits between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Although it...
Operation Paperclip
On the 20th of June, 1945, the US Secretary of State approved the transfer of Werner Von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a clandestine programme initiated by the United States...
Mussolini
On the 19th of June, 1903, Benito Mussolini was arrested by Bern police for advocating a general strike. He was at the time a radical socialist. Benito Mussolini, born on the 29th of July 1883, in Predappio, Italy, was one of the most influential yet controversial...
Writing Update
I thought it what time I gave you a writing update on my progress. Today I worked through chapter nine of second draft of The Favourite Murder, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. There are twenty-three chapters, so at this rate the second draft may...
Evolution
On the 18th of June, 1858, Charles Darwin received a paper from Alfred Russell Wallace which prompted Darwin to publish his own theory on evolution. In the grand tapestry of scientific history, certain figures stand prominently, commanding widespread recognition....
California
On the 17th of June, 1579, Sir Francis Drake claimed a land which he called “Nova Albion” for England. We now know it as California. I owe a great debt to Drake, since it was in reading the biography of him by George Malcolm Thomson that I discovered the exploits of...
St. Vitus’ Dance
On the 24th of June, 1374, an outbreak of St. John’s Dance, or St. Vitus’ Dance, occurred in Aachen. People began to hallucinate then jump and twitch uncontrolably until the collapsed from exhaustion. Since a physician, Manuel Nuñez, appeared in Called to Account, the...
Bannockburn
On the 23rd of June, 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn began. The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two tumultuous days, remains one of the most significant and celebrated events in Scottish history. A pivotal clash during the First War of Scottish Independence, this...
Barbarossa
On the 22nd of June, 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Named after the medieval Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's ideological goals and strategic objectives, fundamentally altering...
Greenland
On the 21st of June, 2009, Greenland assumed self-rule. Trump wants to annex Greenland, so let’s have a closer look at the place. Greenland, the world's largest island, sits between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Although it...
Operation Paperclip
On the 20th of June, 1945, the US Secretary of State approved the transfer of Werner Von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a clandestine programme initiated by the United States...
Mussolini
On the 19th of June, 1903, Benito Mussolini was arrested by Bern police for advocating a general strike. He was at the time a radical socialist. Benito Mussolini, born on the 29th of July 1883, in Predappio, Italy, was one of the most influential yet controversial...
Writing Update
I thought it what time I gave you a writing update on my progress. Today I worked through chapter nine of second draft of The Favourite Murder, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. There are twenty-three chapters, so at this rate the second draft may...
Evolution
On the 18th of June, 1858, Charles Darwin received a paper from Alfred Russell Wallace which prompted Darwin to publish his own theory on evolution. In the grand tapestry of scientific history, certain figures stand prominently, commanding widespread recognition....
California
On the 17th of June, 1579, Sir Francis Drake claimed a land which he called “Nova Albion” for England. We now know it as California. I owe a great debt to Drake, since it was in reading the biography of him by George Malcolm Thomson that I discovered the exploits of...