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Aug 29 Faraday discovers Electricity

Today the great experimentalist Michael Faraday induced the first electrical current. Faraday would later use the principles he had...

Aug 17, 20213 min read

Aug 15 Cologne Cathedral - 632 years in the making

Today in 1880 Cologne Cathedral was finished. It was Germany's largest cathedral and for four years it was the tallest building in the...

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July 20 Buzz Aldrin takes communion on the Moon

The astronaut Buzz Aldrin took communion on the surface of the moon after landing successfully with the Apollo 11 mission. This was the...

May 22, 20213 min read

May 23 The Baptist Slave rebellion in Jamaica

Samuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...

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Feb 2 - Candlemas

Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...

Jan 31, 20213 min read

Jan 24 - Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar

Today in 1918 the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars. This brought another...

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Jan 5 - Twelfth Night

The fifth of January is the twelfth day of Christmas and so today we look at the rich tradition of Twelfth Night. In Spain, Twelfth...

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