The history of Diwali: The five-day festival of light
The everchanging Festival of Light. Diwali is a five-day festival, and in 2024 it is celebrated between 30th October and 3rd November. Every year the dates of the festival change as the …
Lily Ebert, Holocaust survivor and Tiktok star, dies aged 100
Lily Ebert, the Holocaust survivor who shared her experiences of Auschwitz on TikTok, has sadly died at the age of 100. Lily spent four months in Auschwitz before being sent to Germany …
The 19 greatest mysteries in history | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
2. Skinwalker Ranch. Whilst the location of Curse of Skinwalker Ranch continues to mystify the modern world, the famous American ranch has a spooky history that dates back hundreds of …
Everything you need to know about Queen Elizabeth I
In October 1562, Elizabeth started to feel under the weather. What first appeared to be a common cold actually turned out to be a violent case of smallpox. The Queen was very ill, and at first, …
Baba Vanga: Which of her predictions came true? - Sky HISTORY
Baba Vanga: The Balkan Nostradamus who predicted Chernobyl and 9/11. Many years before, in 1969, Baba Vanga had a vision of Gandhi, saying 'The dress will destroy her. I see an orange …
The Filthy Few: 10 facts about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
The Hells Angels were founded in Fontana, California on 17th March 1948, not by the late Ralph ‘Sonny’ Berger as is often believed. The inception is usually credited to motorcycle enthusiast …
Mum, Mam, Mom: What do you call your mother? - Sky HISTORY
Before you ask, no, ‘father’ doesn’t make the prestigious list. According to The Oxford Dictionary, the modern word ‘mother’ is Germanic in origin. It derives from ‘moder’, which became ‘mutter’ …
The biggest conspiracy theories in history
The Illuminati are the go-to villains of countless conspiracy theories. They are the ultimate ‘shadowy elite’, secretly installing world leaders, manipulating financial markets, and generally …
The real story of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history
On 26th April 1986, a routine safety test went catastrophically wrong and triggered the worst nuclear accident of all time. The incident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, …
How the Nazis lost WW2: Four major turning points
The failure of Operation Barbarossa. Though Hitler and Stalin had signed a non-aggression pact in 1939, that marriage of convenience was spectacularly annulled when the Nazis launched …