Archive for October, 2010

Thousands evacuated in France for Second World War bomb disposal

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes following the discovery of a series of bombs from the Second World War in the French city centre of Rennes.

Truth about German diplomats’ collusion in Holocaust is revealed

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Senior officials were willing participants in the Nazi campaign, says report published yesterday

Timeline Challenge: The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1939-47 [interactive]

Monday, October 25th, 2010

The teacher can ensure that students have covered the most important events in an appropriate amount of depth by playing this interactive, whole-class quiz using an interactive whiteboard.

25th October 1760 (250 years ago today) George II of England died

Monday, October 25th, 2010

George was elector of Hanover and second Hanoverian king of Great Britain and Ireland.

George was born in Hanover, Germany on 10 November 1683, the only son of the elector of Hanover. In 1705 he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children…[more]

Curiosity is banned at Westfield High

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

19th October 1810 (200 years ago today) Cassius Clay, anti-slavery campaigner, was born

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903), nicknamed “The Lion of White Hall”, was an emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, United States. He was a cousin of Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay…[more]