Keel Over
On July 19, 1545, Henry VIII had a pretty bad day: his flagship, the Mary Rose, keeled over and sank in the Channel during the Battle of the Solent, taking...
The Viking Invasion
On June 8 (or thereabouts) in 793, Vikings raided the monastery of Lindisfarne in the northeast of England, spreading terror throughout Britain and ushering in the Viking Age of Invasion....
St. Petersburg
Happy birthday, St. Petersburg! Yes, that’s right, today’s the day St. Petersburg was founded, by Peter the Great back in 1703, just two weeks after he captured the area from...
AADR*
*Anglophiles Against Drunk Riding Today is a good day to take a moment to contemplate the consequences of drunk riding, because March 19 is the anniversary of the dark and...
Leading the Way to Independence
It’s the Ides of March! Aside from being the date Julius Caesar learned who his true friends weren’t, this is also the day South Carolina became the first of the...