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Armistice Day: What is the history behind the Remembrance commemoration?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoArmistice Day is observed in Britain every 11 November to mark the agreement signed between the...
What is the meaning and significance behind Armistice Day?
Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoPeople pause to observe a two-minute silence at the Cenotaph on 11 November, 2021. (Getty Images)...
The Luger wasn't Germany's primary pistol during WWII
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months ago(HBO) The iconic Luger pistol is synonymous with the Germany military. Commonly depicted in movies...
Cenotaph: What is the history and significance of the Whitehall monument?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWar memorial honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers designed by Sir Edward Lutyens in 1920 and has...
Exploring November and our autumn holidays in the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor
The Bulletin via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSunday, Nov. 5 is Daylight Savings Time, and I hope you remember to set your clock. In each of the nation's time zones, where daylight saving time is observed, the time changes at 2 a.m. local ...
This brilliant novel reveals the truth about the collapse of the British Empire
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHad J G Farrell not slipped off some rocks while fishing on the coast of County Cork in 1979, he...
How the Stock Market Performed Under Each President
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoThe performance of the volatile stock market typically has little to do with the president who's in office (though 2020 saw numerous exceptions,...
Today in History: JAN 10, Florida secedes from the Union
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday is Tuesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2023. On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British ...
How Schengen killed the romance of travel (and why it’s never coming back)
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoUnlike many revolutions which redefine landscapes, it started with the stroke of a pen and a series...
