A Year in History: 1926 Events
1926 was a year of political unrest for many nations across the globe, with protests, invasions and coups aplent...
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Historic Celebrities: George Clooney
May 6th 2021 marks a milestone 60th birthday for one of Hollywood’s most renowned and recognisable actors: Georg...
President Kennedy's “Man on the Moon” Speech: Through The Papers
On May 25, 2021, it will be 60 years since President John F. Kennedy gave his ambitious “Man on the Moon” speech...
Historic Games: Celtic Barcelona 2012
Scan through the pages of our personalised Celtic book and, in between the fifty plus league championships, one ...
A History of The Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper printed in Chicago, Illinois. The newspaper is the most-read newspaper ...
Historic Celebrities: Sean Connery
Sean Connery turns 90 on 25th August. As we can’t send him our personalised birthday book to commemorate him bec...
Historic Celebrities: Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington will celebrate her 70th birthday on July 15th. For this Greek-American author, media mogul an...
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Historic Celebrities: Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, turns 80 on 7th July 2020, and though we can’t give him our personalised bi...
Chubby Checker and the Infamous “Twist”
Ernest Evans, known famously as Chubby Checker, was an American singer who signed with Cameo-Parkway Records in ...
A History of the Beatles
The Beatles were undoubtedly the biggest band of their era and, arguably, ever. Here follows a full Beatles tim...
Remembering Sylvia Pankhurst: Accomplishments and Legacy
To remember Sylvia Pankhurst’s legacy, we’ve created a short biography of her life and accomplishments within th...
Booker T Washington’s Accomplishments and Legacy
Booker T Washington was a remarkable member of the African American community, and was the foremost black educat...
A Year in History: Timeline of 1950 Events
At the beginning of a new decade, where the average house price was £1,940 and a gallon of petrol cost four shil...
Man on the Moon: Remembering Apollo 11
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of man’s first steps on the Moon. On July 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin...
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Princess Diana Charity Work
Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961, in Sandringham, England. Daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and ...
Marilyn Monroe: A Tragic Farewell
“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?” – Marilyn Monroe Nothing less than perfection was Marilyn Monroe’s goal. She ...
The Life of Muhammad Ali
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been g...
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