Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain’s wild species: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock Under the stewardship of geographer Sir Dudley Stamp, thousands of volunteers (including many schoolchildren) came together in the 1930s on a mission that sounds relatively simple on paper: to record how British land was being …
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?: George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Popular Electricity Magazine, April 1910 / Low Tech Magazine One argument put forward in defence of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because …
Today in History for 20th October 2022: Historical Events 1862 – Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname 1912 – Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 1953 – WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 – Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ …
Today in History for 20th September 2022: Historical Events 1792 – French defeat Prussians at Valmy 1854 – Battle of the Alma: British, French and Ottoman alliance defeat the Russian Empire in the 1st major battle of the Crimean War 1873 – Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for …
Today in History for 20th August 2022: Historical Events 1672 – Former Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague 1920 – Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes 1944 – US and British forces destroy German 7th Army …
Today in History for 20th July 2022: Historical Events 1914 – Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster 1925 – Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie 1953 – USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations 1963 – Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1963 – US Open Women’s Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins …
Today in History for 20th June 2022: Historical Events 1779 – Battle of Stono Ferry fought near Charleston, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War) 1919 – Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria 1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1953 – LPGA Western Golf Open Women’s Golf, Capital City …
Today in History for 20th May 2022: Historical Events 1972 – “Different Times” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances 1978 – 3 PFLP members kill a police officer near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1980 – Drummer Peter Criss quits rock band Kiss 1989 – 114th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday …
Today in History for 20th April 2022: Historical Events 1958 – Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Montreal Canadiens’ 3-peat; beat Boston Bruins, 5-3 for a 4-2 for series win 1965 – People’s Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1981 – 85th Boston Marathon: Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins men’s race in 2:09:26; …
Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout: Famines should be relegated to the history books, leading expert Cormac Ó Gráda argued in 2007, since “given good will on all sides, famine prevention should be ‘easy’”. Unfortunately, the current Russia-Ukraine war has revealed that good will is …
Today in History for 20th March 2022: Historical Events 1892 – 54th Grand National: Capt. Roddy Owen wins aboard 20/1 chance Father O’Flynn 1971 – Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark resigns in protest at what he views as a limited security response by the British government 1981 – Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying …
Today in History for 20th February 2022: Historical Events 1673 – 1st recorded wine auction held in London 1861 – Navy of the Confederate States (CSN) forms (US Civil War) 1922 – Vilnius, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland 1933 – Sidney Howard’s “Alien Corn” premieres in NYC 1953 – August A. Busch buys St. …
Today in History for 20th January 2022: Historical Events 1045 – Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III 1866 – Prim’s Insurrection in Spain ends 1941 – Chinese Communist leaders re-organize the New Fourth Army in defiance of Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek’s order for it to be disbanded 1989 – Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket …
Today in History for 20th December 2021: Historical Events 1862 – -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly’s Ford, VA 1917 – Cheka formed – Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin 1941 – Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1949 – Maurice Ravel and …
What maps made by 20th century suffragists can teach us about holding leaders to account on climate change: The women's suffrage movement was one of the most successful political movements in history. Picryl I’m a geographer who’s produced many maps depicting human effects on the environment – and demanded we create more of them. A …
Today in History for 20th November 2021: Historical Events 1890 – Pope Leo XIII encyclical “On Slavery in the Missions” 1911 – The funeral of Paul and Laura Lafargue (daughter of Karl Marx) in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was …
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Low-carb, no sugar, no fat: the fad diets popular in the 20th century: Bon appétit. alex74/ Shutterstock Fad diets certainly aren’t a 21st-century obsession. In fact, they were also a popular way for people throughout the 20th century to slim down and improve their health. Though much has changed since then – including what we …