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The Modern Historian
http://modernhistorian.blogspot.com/
A blog focusing on the work of an academic historian and his research into the modern world. A collection of articles and links of interest to anyone who has a taste for modern history.
- Added on: Apr 4th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Kevin Grieves
- Listed in: History Education & Learning
- Tags: history academic This Day in History
Recent Posts
On this day in history: Pelé scored his 1000th goal, 1969
The most famous footballer of all time was born Edison Arantes do Nascimento in the city of Três Corações in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In spite of his father - João Ramos do Nascimento, nicknamed Dondinho - being a professional footbal...
On this day in history: King`s Cross Fire, 1987
On 18th November 1987 at around 7.30pm a fire was discovered in a machine room at King's Cross St Pancras underground station. The machine room was beneath an escalator that connected the Piccadilly line with the mainline station. Subsequent investig...
On this day in history: Suez Canal opened, 1869
In the late eighteenth-century, Napoleon Bonaparte charged a survey team with the task of discovering the remnants of an ancient waterway that once joined the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Their findings appeared in the series of publications kn...
On this day in history: Only spaceflight of Buran, 1988
In 1974 engineers of the Soviet Union began work on the Buran ("Blizzard") project, which was a response to NASA's Space Shuttle programme. The Russian engineers favoured a design for a lighter reusable spacecraft where the entire body of the craft c...
On this day in history: Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel died, 1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born on 27th August 1770 in Stuttgart, which was then part of the Duchy of Württemberg where his father served as a revenue officer. Hegel learnt Latin from his mother at a young age and later attended the Stuttgart...
On this day in history: The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968
On 13th November 1968, the soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev made a speech at the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party reiterating the new foreign policy of the USSR. This policy first appeared in a September issue of the newspaper Pravda i...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 4.69 out of a possible 5 based on 13 comments.
Plamen Ivanov
Very interesting :)
Minnie
Excellent blog! A daily 'must', bringing the more recent past to light. Written with crystal clarity.
Thank you!
BCA
I like your day in history posts. They are always good history reminders or simply lessons for people that never knew a car has been driven at 300 mph.
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Hanan
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Nin Harris
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Kevin
Very nice and interesting blog. You have something new each day that pertains to that day in particular. Very interesting.
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