Author Archives: Renee Duke

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 2024

May 12, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

HISTORIC 200th ANNIVERSARY: BRITAIN’S NATIONAL GALLERY

May 10, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/national-gallery-announces-bicentenary-plans https://kids.kiddle.co/National_Gallery

HISTORIC CELEBRATION: NATIONAL WINDMILL WEEKEND

May 7, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Festivities to consider attending if you’re going to be in Holland, the UK, or another windmill-celebrating country this coming weekend. https://amsterdam.org/en/event/1004/national-mills-day.html https://www.amsterdamlogue.com/national-windmill-day.html https://culturetrekking.com/windmills-of-the-netherlands https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/05/10-things-you-should-know-about-dutch-windmills

HISTORIC 30th ANNIVERSARY: THE EURO TUNNEL

May 6, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Haven’t travelled through it myself, but many people have. https://www.brusselstimes.com/1027469/eurotunnel-celebrates-its-30th-anniversary-with-big-plans-for-next-decade

HISTORIC CELEBRATION: CINCO DE MAYO

May 5, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://www.ducksters.com/holidays/cinco_de_mayo.php https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo https://www.history.com/news/cinco-de-mayo-facts-battle https://www.history.com/news/cinco-de-mayo-battle-puebla-civil-war

TRIVIA TRAIL: WORLD’S OLDEST PERSONAL NAME

May 4, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Question: What is considered to be the world’s oldest recorded personal name? Answer: The Sumerian name, Kushim, the name of an accountant or administrator who lived in the Mesopotamian city of Uruk five thousand or so years ago. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-surviving-personal-name

HISTORIC CELEBRATION: MAY DAY

May 1, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/May-Day/390805 https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/may-day-history-origins-celebrate-pagan-bank-holiday-maypole-facts-explain https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/evil-may-day-0018266

HISTORIC PLOYS: TAX AVOIDANCE

April 30, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://www.history.com/news/ways-to-avoid-paying-taxes-irs-reasons

HISTORIC WORTH-A-VIST: BUCKINGHAM PALACE

April 28, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://people.com/royals/on-this-day-in-royal-history-queen-elizabeth-opened-buckingham-palace-to-the-public-for-first-time https://kids.kiddle.co/Buckingham_Palace

HISTORIC WATERWAY: SUEZ CANAL

April 25, 2024 · by · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Not the safest one to traverse at the moment. Or during some other points in history. https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Suez-Canal/353819 https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Suez-Canal/277946

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