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On This Day In History Dec 27 – Stagger Lee Really Did
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, showing the manner in which Pakistan takes its politics really quite seriously. At least…
On This Day In History 26 Dec – The English Celebrate The Invention Of Boxes
Today is Boxing Day, the ritual whereby the English celebrate the invention of the box. No, it wasn’t…
On This Day In History 25 December – Nope, Not Jesus’ Day Of Birth
December 25th is not actually the day of Jesus’ birth – everyone was using a rather different calendar…
On This Day In History Dec 23
Basil Hume was known to pray for the conversion of England – as the Archbishop he was rather…
On This Day In History Dec 22 – Dreyfus Shows Why Not To Trust Governments
History has lessons and echoes for us. For example, from Dec 22: [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=””…