The Modern Historian

The Modern Historian : History of the modern world
The Modern Historian
History of the modern world
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.
A dedicated dropper with a hint of addiction

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8/29 18:36 On this day in history: last Beatles tour ends, 1966
By the mid-sixties, the Beatles had become the biggest popular music group in the
8/28 17:16 On this day in history: Tom Thumb beats the horse, 1830
In 1826, two Baltimore bankers, Philip E. Thomas and George
8/27 10:45 On this day in history: shortest war in history, 1896
On the 27th August 1896 the shortest war in history was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. Three days earlier the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin
8/24 18:21 On this day in history: First man swims across the English Channel, 1875
Matthew Webb was born at Dawlish, Shropshire, on 18th January 1848 to a country doctor of the same name and his wife, Sarah. By the age of eight, Webb had learnt to swim in the Ri
8/23 10:45 On this day in history: British capture of Hong Kong, 1839
During the eighteenth century, the demand in Britain for Chinese luxury

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