Simon Forbes @SimondForbes
History post-doc from SOAS. Interests i/c history (various periods), art, politics, human rights, & health (pic from Latheronwheel home of my Forbes ancestors) London, UK, Europe Joined December 2013-
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World War II officially ended 80 years ago today. It was the deadliest war in history, resulting in tens of millions of fatalities both among military personnel and civilians.
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General MacArthur accepts Japanese surrender, U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, this week 1945, ending World War II:
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In 28 Days Later, London wasn’t emptied with CGI, it was pure guerrilla filmmaking. Director shot at dawn on Sundays with tiny crews. They had just 45 mins before city woke. Westminster Bridge was 100% real. Murphy said they begged passersby to pause.
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The scene in The Shining that Stanley Kubrick had reshot 127 times to get it right (1978)
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Erechteion in Acropolis, Athens, Greece
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East Berlin, 1969. Photo by Kurt Schwarz.
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🍬 The spread of the Sanskrit word “sarkara” (sugar) throughout the Old World.
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg today is one of Europe’s smallest countries, but this was not always the case.
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Chicago, 1820
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Spain and the Spanish Indies
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📣 On 13th September, anti-fascists will come together from across the country to oppose Tommy Robinson's festival of hate. Join us.
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Who owned more of Middle East in 1914
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Napoleon in winter gear
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Spectacular pre-WWII footage, over 100 years old. A plane drops a smoke curtain to hide a navy warship in the 1920s. Using liquid titanium tetrachloride, which reacts with the ocean air, forming white titanium dioxide clouds.
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Map of the World at Independence of the United States in 1783
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The B-2 first flew in 1989 and it entered military service in 1997. Its shape is inspired by the falcon. It is scheduled to remain in service until 2058.
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A Northrop Spirit B-2 bomber conducts a spectacular flyover of New York City.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro welcomes the President of the Republic of Yemen, Ali Abdullah at the Revolutionary Plaza in Havana, Cuba. Abdullah is in Cuba on an official two-day visit.
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Ursus arctos horriblis (“horrible northern bear”), known more commonly as the grizzly bear, is placed on the endangered species list.
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