Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
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1945 – The first atomic bomb is exploded on the White Sands missile range in New Mexico, USA.
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A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
The source for this HistoryWow video is: Oscar and Bosie - A Fatal Passion by Trevor Fisher; General Historical Texts.
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Who Am I?
- I was born in Albany, New York.
- In 1755, I raised a company of troops and fought at the Battle of Lake George, part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America, in the French and Indian War.
- I was a member of the colonial assembly from 1768.
- In 1775, I was a delegate to the Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress; a convention of delegates called together from the thirteen colonies.
- Out of this I was appointed the first of four major generals in the fledgling country.
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Eugen Sandow (1867–1925)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“I may seem to enjoy life rapturously when I am in company. But when I am alone I am so often so overcome by mental depression that I never dare carry a penknife.”
16th US President Abraham Lincoln.Source: A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
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