Month: September 2015

  • 166: The Great Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London started on this date in 1666. Here are some things you may not have known about the fire. It started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner in Pudding Lane. The family managed to escape the fire by climbing to the house next door. At the time, the common method of…

  • 165: Discovery of the Wreck of the Titanic

    30 years ago today, a joint American and French expedition discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean. Here are a few things you may not have known about the discovery. Soon after the vessel sank in 1912, schemes to find and or raise the wreck were hatched…