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Neanderthals may have conducted scientific experiments

Homo neanderthalensis, a species, or subspecies of human who lived between 250,000 and 40,000 years ago,[note]Although proto-Neanderthals could have existed up to 600,000 years ago.[/note] are modern humans' closest cousins. For thousands of…

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Caesar-led massacre in the Netherlands

In 55BCE, a large group of German refugees crossed the Rhine seeking new farming land in Gaul. Sending ambassadors to Caesar, they requested safe passage and help in finding new lands. Caesar, fearing trouble and aware of the political implications…

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Fact of the Day

After the Battle of Val-es-Dunes in 1047, the river became so clogged with bodies that mills downriver came to a standstill.

Quote of the Day

"When the sarcophagus is full, we don't put another corpse in "

~ Medieval Proverb

On This Day

1868 William Gladstone became prime minister for the first time

1926 Novelist Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared. She was found 11 days later using a pseudonym at a Harrogate hotel.

1944 The Greek government, backed by the British, fired on a left-wing rally, killing 28. The ensuing battle lasted 33 days.

1973 US probe Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1976 Reggae superstar Bob Marley was shot twice during an assassination attempt at his home.

1984 More than 3,800 people were killed after a cloud of poisonous gas escaped from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.

1992 Two IRA bombs exploded in Manchester. No-one was killed but much of the city centre had to be rebuilt.