Worst Air Raid on London
On the evening of December 29, 1940, London suffers its most devastating air raid when Germans firebomb the city. Hundreds of fires caused by the exploding bombs engulfed areas of London, but … (more...)
December 29
This Day in History
1940
1675
"Malicious" Coffeehouses to Close
"On this day in 1675, Charles II ordered his subjects to close all coffeehouses across England, labelling them ""seminaries of sedition."" Some three thousand coffeehouses existed at the time, a … (more...)
This Day in History
January 29
TV Guide
- 9:30pm Volatile Earth
- 10:30pm Machines of War
- 11:30pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
- 12:00am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 12:30am Tony Robinson's Time Travels Rec
- 1:00am Tony Robinson's Time Travels Rec
- 1:30am The World From Above Rec
- 2:00am The World From Above Rec
- 2:30am The Civil War by Ken Burns Rec
- 3:30am National Treasures Of Wales Rec
- 4:00am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 4:45am Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen Rec
- 5:30am Volatile Earth Rec
- 6:30am Machines of War Rec
- 7:30am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 8:00am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am Time Team Rec
- 10:30am Penelope Keith's Hidden Coastal Villages Rec
- 11:30am Families That Changed The World Rec
- 12:30pm Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen Rec
- 1:30pm Strategy: The Genius of Warfare Rec
- 2:30pm WWII: Total War Rec
- 3:30pm The Civil War by Ken Burns Rec
- 4:30pm Battlefleet Rec
- 5:30pm National Treasures Of Wales Rec
- 6:00pm Dan Snow's Norman Walks Rec
- 6:30pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Rec
- 7:30pm Abandoned Engineering Rec
