It took about 500 years of this escalation to stop them.
The lesson from this was that less extreme punishment made law enforcement easier, and weapon use go down.
Tl;Dr: wool smuggling is (in part) why I didn't see a gun irl as a minor, and why few British cops have guns.
The lesson from this was that less extreme punishment made law enforcement easier, and weapon use go down.
Tl;Dr: wool smuggling is (in part) why I didn't see a gun irl as a minor, and why few British cops have guns.
Smugglers - Smuggling 1300 to 1833
The HISTORYNet reference guide to Smugglers - Smuggling 1300 to 1833 - Smuggling started in the reign of Edward I, about 1300, when a customs duty
was placed on the export of wool, which was in great ...
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July 23, 2026 at 5:08 AM
It took about 500 years of this escalation to stop them.
The lesson from this was that less extreme punishment made law enforcement easier, and weapon use go down.
Tl;Dr: wool smuggling is (in part) why I didn't see a gun irl as a minor, and why few British cops have guns.
The lesson from this was that less extreme punishment made law enforcement easier, and weapon use go down.
Tl;Dr: wool smuggling is (in part) why I didn't see a gun irl as a minor, and why few British cops have guns.
#OTD 17 July '43. #WW2: Patton informs Alexander, in no uncertain terms, that he wanted his army unleashed. ‘it would be inexpedient politically for the Seventh Army not to have equal glory in the final stage of the campaign.’ Alexander agrees .. with conditions
Historynet, tinyurl.com/p5r6hbar
Historynet, tinyurl.com/p5r6hbar
General George S. Patton's Race to Capture Messina
When plans for the Allied conquest of Sicily called for the British army to capture the key port of Messina, Patton decided he would get there first.
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July 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
#OTD 17 July '43. #WW2: Patton informs Alexander, in no uncertain terms, that he wanted his army unleashed. ‘it would be inexpedient politically for the Seventh Army not to have equal glory in the final stage of the campaign.’ Alexander agrees .. with conditions
Historynet, tinyurl.com/p5r6hbar
Historynet, tinyurl.com/p5r6hbar
#OTD 3 June 1943, #WW2 Trent Park is now home to Hans-Jurgen von Arnim... recently in Tunisia. The story of his debriefing is extraordinary.
For a review of Helen Fry's account 'The Walls Have Ears', see historynet here tinyurl.com/3fty7zu9
For a review of Helen Fry's account 'The Walls Have Ears', see historynet here tinyurl.com/3fty7zu9
June 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
#OTD 3 June 1943, #WW2 Trent Park is now home to Hans-Jurgen von Arnim... recently in Tunisia. The story of his debriefing is extraordinary.
For a review of Helen Fry's account 'The Walls Have Ears', see historynet here tinyurl.com/3fty7zu9
For a review of Helen Fry's account 'The Walls Have Ears', see historynet here tinyurl.com/3fty7zu9
And their predecessors in the Vietnam War:
historynet.com/dark-clouds-...
historynet.com/dark-clouds-...
US Parachute Combat Jump In Vietnam War | HistoryNet
US paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, jump out of C-130 planes into War Zone C on D day of
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May 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
And their predecessors in the Vietnam War:
historynet.com/dark-clouds-...
historynet.com/dark-clouds-...
Perplexed that a link to this piece that I wrote for #HistoryNet several years ago ended up in my inbox this AM.
It's a good primer about #Gellhorn, nevertheless. @pstnyc.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth historynet.com/martha-gellh...
It's a good primer about #Gellhorn, nevertheless. @pstnyc.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth historynet.com/martha-gellh...
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot.
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March 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Perplexed that a link to this piece that I wrote for #HistoryNet several years ago ended up in my inbox this AM.
It's a good primer about #Gellhorn, nevertheless. @pstnyc.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth historynet.com/martha-gellh...
It's a good primer about #Gellhorn, nevertheless. @pstnyc.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth historynet.com/martha-gellh...
It is the birthday of the suffragist who said, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” American activist Susan B. Anthony was born on this day in 1820. She is remembered as a driving force in securing women’s right to vote in the U.S.
#TheVote #ForWomen #History
#TheVote #ForWomen #History
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Barnsley in the FA Cup on Monday brings back memories of when we played them on a foggy night in the League Cup in the early 1980's and they brought over 16000 fans, 6000 this time (LFC historynet)
January 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Barnsley in the FA Cup on Monday brings back memories of when we played them on a foggy night in the League Cup in the early 1980's and they brought over 16000 fans, 6000 this time (LFC historynet)
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
#CivilWar
#CivilWar
(Usikker på hvor god kilde HistoryNet er, den er mildt sagt "patriotisk" og hevder at Guernica ikke egentlig var så ille som folk påstår, men tonnasjen virker rimelig på det tidspunktet.)
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
(Usikker på hvor god kilde HistoryNet er, den er mildt sagt "patriotisk" og hevder at Guernica ikke egentlig var så ille som folk påstår, men tonnasjen virker rimelig på det tidspunktet.)
Litt vanskelig å finne eksakte kilder, men i følge HistoryNet ble det sluppet ca 100 tonn bomber over Guernica over to dager i 1937. En annen kilde sier 22 tonn. Det var en massakre folk ikke klarte å ta innover seg og skapte sjokk i hele vesten og Picasso malte sitt kjente brutale antikrigsbilde.
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Litt vanskelig å finne eksakte kilder, men i følge HistoryNet ble det sluppet ca 100 tonn bomber over Guernica over to dager i 1937. En annen kilde sier 22 tonn. Det var en massakre folk ikke klarte å ta innover seg og skapte sjokk i hele vesten og Picasso malte sitt kjente brutale antikrigsbilde.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Canadian Museum of History: buff.ly/GYzNTtF
Parks Canada: buff.ly/e5sU9Cv
HistoryNet: buff.ly/tAoNuMW
Canadian Encyclopedia: buff.ly/5LhiyVI
Canadian Museum of History: buff.ly/GYzNTtF
Parks Canada: buff.ly/e5sU9Cv
HistoryNet: buff.ly/tAoNuMW
September 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sources:
Canadian Encyclopedia: buff.ly/5LhiyVI
Canadian Museum of History: buff.ly/GYzNTtF
Parks Canada: buff.ly/e5sU9Cv
HistoryNet: buff.ly/tAoNuMW
Canadian Encyclopedia: buff.ly/5LhiyVI
Canadian Museum of History: buff.ly/GYzNTtF
Parks Canada: buff.ly/e5sU9Cv
HistoryNet: buff.ly/tAoNuMW
Yep, Lincoln did. Texas Democrats are in fine company.
Quorum-Dodging, From the Birth of America to Lincoln | HistoryNet share.google/mwBWju3HVYfx...
Quorum-Dodging, From the Birth of America to Lincoln | HistoryNet share.google/mwBWju3HVYfx...
When Lincoln Jumped From a Second-Story Window to Dodge a Quorum
Americans have been gaming quorums — the minimum number of qualified people who must be at a meeting in order to conduct business — since day one.
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August 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yep, Lincoln did. Texas Democrats are in fine company.
Quorum-Dodging, From the Birth of America to Lincoln | HistoryNet share.google/mwBWju3HVYfx...
Quorum-Dodging, From the Birth of America to Lincoln | HistoryNet share.google/mwBWju3HVYfx...
John Dean became the “desk officer” for the Watergate cover-up, coordinating hush money payments and destruction of evidence.
He pleaded guilty to obstruction.
Realizing he was being set up as a scapegoat, Dean began cooperating with investigators in April 1973.
www.historynet.com/interview-jo...
He pleaded guilty to obstruction.
Realizing he was being set up as a scapegoat, Dean began cooperating with investigators in April 1973.
www.historynet.com/interview-jo...
He helped cover up Watergate, then he blew the whistle on it. Fifty years after the scandal that brought down Nixon, a key player speaks out to HistoryNet.
What did president Nixon know and when did he know it? Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, a little-known 34-year-old White House counsel, John W.
www.historynet.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
John Dean became the “desk officer” for the Watergate cover-up, coordinating hush money payments and destruction of evidence.
He pleaded guilty to obstruction.
Realizing he was being set up as a scapegoat, Dean began cooperating with investigators in April 1973.
www.historynet.com/interview-jo...
He pleaded guilty to obstruction.
Realizing he was being set up as a scapegoat, Dean began cooperating with investigators in April 1973.
www.historynet.com/interview-jo...
I won't mince words here, what happened to HistoryNet still bothers me so much.
I read so many of those magazines from the very first issue... and to see them destroyed by a private equity firm is just so fucking disgusting.
I read so many of those magazines from the very first issue... and to see them destroyed by a private equity firm is just so fucking disgusting.
July 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I won't mince words here, what happened to HistoryNet still bothers me so much.
I read so many of those magazines from the very first issue... and to see them destroyed by a private equity firm is just so fucking disgusting.
I read so many of those magazines from the very first issue... and to see them destroyed by a private equity firm is just so fucking disgusting.
At the end of WWI, some commanders stayed their attacks, and others pressed on. There was a Congressional investigation into the actions of U.S. generals, some of whom thought that their more aggressive colleagues were just committing murder. www.armytimes.com/veterans/sal...
Nov. 11, 1918: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day
An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly.
www.armytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
At the end of WWI, some commanders stayed their attacks, and others pressed on. There was a Congressional investigation into the actions of U.S. generals, some of whom thought that their more aggressive colleagues were just committing murder. www.armytimes.com/veterans/sal...