historical events

The Hawaiian Islands had been discovered many hundreds of years before the English explorer James Cook landed on what he…

The eruption of Mount Tambora in April 1815 is widely regarded as the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history,…

The Hindenburg disaster remains one of the most infamous airship tragedies in history, marking the dramatic end of the era…

Mount Vesuvius, located near the Bay of Naples in Italy, is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world,…

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, both in terms of immediate impact and long-term consequences. On…

Two hundred and sixty-two years ago, a very strange thing happened.  Everyone in Britain and her North American colonies became…

On the evening of September 2, 1666, a fire started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner which was located on Pudding Lane…