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David Hockney says moving Bayeux Tapestry to UK is 'madness'

Interesting, I’m not a fabrics or a security expert by any means. I know this has been on the cards for a little while and hasn’t been e...
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Edmund Fitzgerald, 50th anniversary

Lake Superior, November 10, 1975 they left fully loaded for Cleveland. That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of ...
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Geli
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Black Thursday & Bloody Friday

I know today is Friday, but back in 1929. October 24th was a Thursday & the Dow Jones dropped 12.8% marking the start of the stock ma...
/history
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2025-10-24 13:36:28 UTC
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Roman Hoard Found in North Wales

The two Roman coin hoards discovered by metal-detectorists in the Conwy Valley have been declared treasure by the Assistant Coroner for N...
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Geli
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Aberfan was 59 years ago

09:13 October 21st 1966. 144 dead, including 116 children. https://www.britannica.com/event/Aberfan-disaster
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2025-10-21 06:09:23 UTC
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Chilliboot
In The News

David Hockney says moving Bayeux Tapestry to UK is 'madness'

Interesting, I’m not a fabrics or a security expert by any means. I know this has been on the cards for a little while and hasn’t been e...
/photos#morning-threads/history/member-introductions
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Geli
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Henry J. Heinz

Henry John Heinz, the founder of the Heinz food company, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this day, 11 October, back in 1844. Henry ...
/food/history
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Geli
In The News

Aberfan was 59 years ago

09:13 October 21st 1966. 144 dead, including 116 children. https://www.britannica.com/event/Aberfan-disaster
/wales/history
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2025-10-21 06:09:23 UTC
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Furryanimal
In The News

Roman Hoard Found in North Wales

The two Roman coin hoards discovered by metal-detectorists in the Conwy Valley have been declared treasure by the Assistant Coroner for N...
/history
0 1 0
2025-10-23 04:44:49 UTC
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Geli
Music: In The News

Edmund Fitzgerald, 50th anniversary

Lake Superior, November 10, 1975 they left fully loaded for Cleveland. That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of ...
/history/music
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2025-11-22 10:41:32 UTC
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Geli
Finance & Banking: In The News

Black Thursday & Bloody Friday

I know today is Friday, but back in 1929. October 24th was a Thursday & the Dow Jones dropped 12.8% marking the start of the stock ma...
/history
1 34 1
2025-10-24 13:36:28 UTC
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PixieKnuckles
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Diver pulls 900-year-old crusader sword from bottom of Mediterranean Sea

A 900-year-old sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranea...
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First British flight

On October 16th 1908, the American Samuel Cody made the first airplane flight in Britain. Samuel came to the UK as part of a wild west s...
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2021-10-16 22:27:01 UTC
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Gee3
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October 14th 1066

On October 14th 1066 King Harold Godwinson was defeated by the invading army of William, duke of Normandy, establishing the Normans as r...
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2021-10-13 05:15:09 UTC
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Edmund Fitzgerald, 50th anniversary

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