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Nostradamus: Which of his predictions came true? - Sky HISTORY
WEB3. The Coming of Adolf Hitler. Nostradamus has been credited with quite a few 20th Century predictions, and the rise of Adolf Hitler is often cited as one of them. And, to be fair, his writings do provoke a slight chill of recognition. ' From the depths of the West of Europe,' Nostradamus wrote, 'A young child will be born of poor people'.
Baba Vanga: Which of her predictions came true? - Sky HISTORY
WEBBaba Vanga: The Balkan Nostradamus who predicted Chernobyl and 9/11. Many years before, in 1969, Baba Vanga had a vision of Gandhi, saying 'The dress will destroy her. I see an orange-yellow dress in the smoke and fire.'. On the fateful day the bodyguards opened fire, Indira Gandhi was indeed wearing a saffron-hued saree.
What does Nostradamus predict for 2024? | Sky HISTORY TV …
WEBWhat did he get right about 2022 and 2023? The world has been shaken by seismic economic shifts in recent times, with the soaring cost of living affecting everything from food to fuel. Nostradamus seemed to have seen this coming with his grim prediction: ‘So high will the bushel of wheat rise / That man will be eating his fellow man’.
Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea - a short history
WEBRussia invaded Crimea on 20 February 2014, officially marking the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The 2014 Crimean referendum is regarded by the UN as illegal because the whole of Ukraine is required to vote and both options on the ballot would have resulted in a separation from Ukraine. Putin’s Gamble: Crimea Invasion is a ...
The 10 hottest temperatures in UK history
WEBJul 18, 2022 · The UK’s 2022 heatwave resulted in some exceptionally high temperatures that smashed previous records. Here are the 10 hottest temperatures in UK history: 40.3°C - Coningsby, Lincolnshire - 19 July 2022. 38.7°C – Cambridge Botanic Gardens, Cambridgeshire – 25 July 2019. 38.5°C – Faversham, Kent – 10 August 2003.
The Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
WEBThe Hells Angels were founded in Fontana, California on 17th March 1948, not by the late Ralph ‘Sonny’ Berger as is often believed. The inception is usually credited to motorcycle enthusiast Otto Friedli though this has been disputed and denied by Friedli himself. Supposedly, Otto borrowed the name from Arvid Olsen, a former vet who’d ...
The real story of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history
WEBOn 26th April 1986, a routine safety test went catastrophically wrong and triggered the worst nuclear accident of all time. The incident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine led to the release of 400 times more radiation than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during WW2.. 31 people died in the immediate aftermath, whilst …
Gorbachev's Reforms: 4 reasons the Soviet Union collapsed
WEBMikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died on 30th August 2022 at the age of 91, following a "long and serious illness". For much of the 20th century, the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world: a vast and seemingly permanent superpower locked in a Cold War with the West. But in 1991, it simply ceased to exist ...
Winston Churchill’s most famous WW2 speeches - Sky HISTORY
WEBThe thirty-six-minute speech acknowledged French losses and Hitler’s shifting focus to Britain: ‘What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over…the Battle of Britain is about to begin.’. Churchill continued to rally the country, highlighting the severity of the situation whilst stressing the importance of Britain’s ...