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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am not saying there is no climate change, I am actually saying the opposite. In fact there have been several climate changes in this planet’s history. The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer (also the Poverty Year, the Summer that Never Was, Year There…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Bath School massacre, was a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe on May 18, 1927 in Bath Township, Michigan which killed 38 elementary schoolchildren and 6 adults and injured at least 58 other people. Kehoe killed his wife and firebombed his farm, then detonated an explosion…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Sometimes it is difficult enough to find a compelling story relating to WWII. But then there are times when you are having your lunch and are listening to a radio show. On the Irish radio talk show, Liveline, a lady called in to talk about the ordeal her 98…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On 4 May 1945 at Lüneburg Heath, east of Hamburg, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands. On 08:00 AM on the 5th of May 1945 the Netherlands is officially liberated, although the Southern provinces had already been liberated…