On this day in 1066, William Duke of Normandy defeats England's King Harold II near Hastings. Although fewer than 20,000 combatants take part in the battle, its outcome echoes down through the ages.

Norrie Bartlett was just short of his 17th birthday when he joined the Royal Navy in 1942. Little did he know that two years later he would take part in D-Day - the biggest seaborne invasion in history and the operation that laid the foundations for the Allied victory in World

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On this day in 1815, British and American troops fight one of the largest battles of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. Neither army realizes that the two governments have already signed a peace treaty and the conflict has officially been over since Christmas Eve.

In the 1880’s US set up tariffs and talked of the annexation of Canada. However an ageing John A. Macdonald carries the banner of Canadian nationalism into one last election and that was the end of that. #annexationofcanada #thenationsofcanadapodcast #episode232

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On this day in 1812, the United States declares war on Great Britain. Americans believe victory will be a "mere matter of marching," but the fighting continues for more than two years and ends in a draw. Check out our quick history of this odd conflict: militaryhistorynow.com/2016/06/24/the…

6 Bloodiest Battles of the War of 1812 1/ The War of 1812 (1812–1815), often called “Mr. Madison’s War” or the “Second War of Independence,” is America’s lesser-known conflict—overshadowed by the Revolution and Civil War. Fought over trade, impressment, and expansion, it

Today in 1814, British troops seize Washington DC and set fire to the legislature, the presidential mansion and other public buildings. The raid is intended to avenge the American burning of towns in Canada, including York (present-day Toronto). See: militaryhistorynow.com/2023/07/27/put…

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The Hustle Daily Show hasn’t put out a new episode since October 31? I checked the site, but didn’t see any mention of a break or hiatus. Anyone know what’s going on? #thehustledailyshow Juliet Bennett Rylah

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Today in 1894, a Jewish officer in the French army by the name of Alfred Dreyfus is falsely convicted of treason for supposedly passing military secrets to Germany. A decade later, the revelation that he is in fact innocent rocks France and lays bare deep rooted antisemitism.

The death of General Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812)

This legendary sequence from the 1978 BBC series Connections is often remembered as the "greatest shot in television history," it actually shows the launch of the Voyager 2 space probe atop a Titan IIIE rocket.