1936 Fascist Nationalists  rebel  against the Spanish Republic; launching the curtain riser to world war II.

1955 saw Disneyland  open

1945 Potsdam  Conference saw Stalin split from his allies.

1918 the Bolsheviks assassinated  the Romanovs

1683 The great Siege of Vienna opened, leading to Europe's rise and the decline of the Ottomans.

1453's Battle of Castillon closes the 100 year's war.

first detonation of an atomic bomb; the trinity test. 

1969 saw Apollo 11 launch for the moon!

among the most venerable English wargaming figure makers Hinchcliffe has worn the crown for 4 score years now...

Here's a nice set of early 30mm Napoleonic English...

dioramawesome!

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So a very strange archaeo find in england... a mass frog grave in association with a village and  house.  could this be the origin of the "diamonds and toads" fairy story?   Evidence of a strange Cuthulian rite, or maybe just a fondness for frog soup? prolly not.  perhaps the townsfolks were just over-run with frogs as sometimes happens in froggy habitats... 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61784186