When Washington Irving published 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in 1820, he forever blessed - or cursed - the town of Sleepy Hollow, turning a modest cemetery in the Hudson Valley into a tourist attraction.
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Você sabe o que os fatos históricos a seguir tem em comum? Revolução Francesa, Queda de Napoleão Bonaparte em Waterloo, Ascensão de Hitler e as Bombas de Hiroshima e Nagasaki, todos os acontecimentos teriam sido previstos séculos antes por um médico e profeta chamado Nostradamus. Quem foi este homem misterioso e dotado de poderes místicos? Descubra no vídeo. #HistoryFiles
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В 1944 году газета „Дейли телеграф“ напечатала кроссворд, содержащий все кодовые названия секретной операции по высадке союзнических войск в Нормандии. В кроссворде были зашифрованы слова: „Нептун“, „Юта“, „Омаха“, „Юпитер“. Разведка кинулась расследовать „утечку информации“. Но составителем кроссворда оказался старенький школьный учитель, озадаченный столь невероятным совпадением не меньше военнослужащих.
Как же так получилось? Военные провели расследование, и оказалось, что когда учитель составлял кроссворд, он предложил детям в своём классе назвать какие-нибудь интересные слова, которые он туда включит. Детишки назвали. В классе училось много детей офицеров, задействованных в операции высадки в Нормандии, и те часто вели разговоры о ней при своих детях.Детишки услышали незнакомые интересные слова,и назвали их учителю. Разведка сделала выводы,болтливые офицеры получили по голове,учитель был полностью оправдан.И никакой мистики
Children's 'Estonia' Memorial: the MS Estonia was a cruise ferry which was built in 1979-1980 in the German shipyard, Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, and which sank in 1994 in the Baltic Sea in one of the worst maritime disasters of the twentieth century.
Tartessian Culture: the Tartessian was a near-mythical culture in Iron Age Iberia which was rich in resources and relatively advanced forms of technology, including shipbuilding and metallurgy - and then it disappeared.
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European Tribes: coverage of a range of #tribes in pre-Roman Europe, from those which were mentioned by Herodotus, sometimes only in passing, to the early Roman empire period and interaction along the Danube.
Churches of Cornwall: neither St Mary's Old Chapel or Gwarnick Manor House Chapel exist in Cornwall, with the first standing a small distance from the house itself, but being demolished before 1736.
The Iberian peninsula prior to the Carthaginian invasion and partial conquest was a melange of different tribal influences, with the Celtic influx being the most recent and most pervasive as this map shows.
Lake Abraham, Alberta: this lake in Alberta was created in 1972 as part of the process of building the Bighorn Dam, being added along the upper course of the North Saskatchewan River.
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Vietnam: the story of Vietnam's creation from multiple tribal or legendary kingdoms to today's reunified communist state following the highly destructive Vietnam War.
A quick recap of recent publications on the History Files site, all of which can still be accessed via the site's frontpage, RSS feed, or 'Latest' links at www.historyfiles.co.uk.
Houses of Estonia: a page of photos depicting the wonderful diversity of houses in the Baltic nation of Estonia, in this collection which reveals the best of its building styles:
Churches of Cornwall: the much-loved Father John Jeffrey built the little timber-clad Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in 1931 on land which had been donated by Lord Falmouth.
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Celtic Name Analysis: Vlad
It is well known that early migrating Slavs in the fourth to sixth centuries AD picked up a good many cultural and linguistic influences as they ventured westwards away from their core homeland.