Author: Ryan Miller

How did the Restoration of the monarchy come about, after a period of civil war and 11 years of Republican rule? How smooth was the transfer of power? And what did it mean for the everyday person? Speaking with Elinor Evans, Dr Clare Jackson tackles listener questions and popular internet

14 May 1264: Montfort crushes Henry III’s hapless army at Lewes The king suffers an early setback in the Second Barons’ War In the long list of royal catastrophes, the battle of Lewes holds an especially ignominious place. Like his father, the ill-starred John, Henry III had spent decades feuding with

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Medal of Honor recipient retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley died Wednesday after a “decade’s long battle with cancer,” according to the Marine Corps. Born Dec. 20, 1937, in Caledonia, Arkansas, Canley was 84 years old. He had enlisted in the Corps in 1953 and retired as a sergeant major in 1981,

Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, one of the U.S. military’s most unique airplanes is still standing guard in case of catastrophe. The E-4B National Airborne Operations Center — also known as “Nightwatch” — is a flying office for the

Hathaway was one of the original breed of the CIA, recruited at the start of the Cold War, part of a cadre who spent their careers hidden in the shadows fighting cat-and-mouse battles with their Russian counterparts. Hathaway had been appointed as CIA Moscow station chief at a crucial time

From the time Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation” on Feb. 24, 2022, his target, Ukraine, proved to be anything but low-hanging fruit. Ferocious though their resistance was, however, it would not have lasted as long as it did — three months and still counting, as of

When was Target Zero Day? It was a red-letter day in the history of medicine – ‘Target Zero Day’, 8 May 1980, signified the complete eradication of smallpox, a terrifying scourge that had previously killed one in 12 worldwide. Smallpox was untreatable but, luckily, it turned out that vaccination provided

7 May 1659 With the Protectorate collapsing after the death of Oliver Cromwell eight months earlier, 50 members of the Rump Parliament he forcibly dissolved in 1653 reassemble at Westminster. 7 May 1697 Stockholm’s royal palace is destroyed by fire. 7 May 1748 Birth in Montauban of French playwright and

Two centuries after famed American soldier and statesman Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, he may finally be up for a promotion. At a time when political divisions have polarized many in America, Democratic and Republican politicians have joined hands in bipartisan legislation to advance Grant’s promotion