The real story of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history
网页On 26th April 1986, a routine safety test went catastrophically wrong and triggered the worst nuclear accident of all time. The incident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine led to the release of 400 times more radiation than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during WW2.. 31 people died in the immediate aftermath, whilst the long-term …
When is Easter 2025 and when are the school holidays?
网页What dates are the school Easter holidays in 2025? While all the adults only get two days off work on Good Friday (18th April) and Easter Monday (20th April), most of the nation's children can get a full two weeks off school. Exact term dates alternate by school and region, but the Easter holidays in 2025 will likely fall between 7th April - 21th April.
The Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
网页The Hells Angels were founded in Fontana, California on 17th March 1948, not by the late Ralph ‘Sonny’ Berger as is often believed. The inception is usually credited to motorcycle enthusiast Otto Friedli though this has been disputed and denied by Friedli himself. Supposedly, Otto borrowed the name from Arvid Olsen, a former vet who’d ...
How to watch 'The Curse of Oak Island' season 11 in the UK
网页The Lagina brothers and the rest of their team return for an 11th season of The Curse of Oak Island as they continue their quest to solve the island’s mystery and uncover its treasure once and for all. Is it pirate treasure, a Viking hoard, a biblical relic, or something else entirely? No-one knows for sure but they’re not resting until they find out.
What does Nostradamus predict for 2024? | Sky HISTORY TV …
网页What did he get right about 2022 and 2023? The world has been shaken by seismic economic shifts in recent times, with the soaring cost of living affecting everything from food to fuel. Nostradamus seemed to have seen this coming with his grim prediction: ‘So high will the bushel of wheat rise / That man will be eating his fellow man’.
The biggest conspiracy theories in history
网页The Illuminati are the go-to villains of countless conspiracy theories. They are the ultimate ‘shadowy elite’, secretly installing world leaders, manipulating financial markets, and generally behaving like a sprawling network of Bond villains. The truth is rather more mundane, however. There was a real group known as the Illuminati, but ...
Gandhi's Salt March, the protest that changed Indian history
网页Gandhi’s idea was to lead a march about salt. At the time, the British Empire had a stranglehold on salt in India. The essential mineral was heavily taxed by the colonial power, and Indians could even be jailed for daring to make salt themselves. For Gandhi, the issue encapsulated the wicked tyranny of colonialism.
Gorbachev's Reforms: 4 reasons the Soviet Union collapsed
网页Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died on 30th August 2022 at the age of 91, following a "long and serious illness". For much of the 20th century, the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world: a vast and seemingly permanent superpower locked in a Cold War with the West. But in 1991, it simply ceased to exist ...
13 of the most brutal execution methods from the ancient world
网页Here we look at 13 of the most macabre methods for dispatching people in antiquity. 1. The brazen bull. Perilaus being forced into the brazen bull. Arguably the most famous figure of Ancient Greece is the Athenian Socrates, executed in old …
Baba Vanga’s predictions for 2024 | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
网页Here are some of her most significant predictions for 2024. Often described as the Nostradamus of the modern age, Baba Vanga was a Bulgarian mystic whose alleged prophetic abilities first brought her to public attention in the midst of World War II. Blind since childhood, yet apparently able to see far into the future, she soon became a highly ...