MessageToEagle.com – On Feb. 14, 1779, James Cook was killed by a mob on the Sandwich Islands (now called Hawaii). At the time, he was trying to take the
MessageToEagle.com – On January 24, 1965, Britain’s greatest war-time leader Winston Churchill died in London. Born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth Hussars, after
MessageToEagle.com – On January 20, 1569, died Myles Coverdale who printed the first English Bible. Coverdale was a clergyman and Classics scholar who produced the first complete printed
MessageToEagle.com – On January 12, 1976, died Agatha Christie, known as the ‘Queen of Crime’. Agatha Christie was a detective mystery writer whose work sold over two billion
MessageToEagle.com – On January 6, 1852, died Louis Braille, creator of the Braille Alphabet For Blind People. Braille was a French teacher who devoted his life to developing
MessageToEagle.com – On December 2, 1594, died Gerardus Mercator, the best-known mapmaker of all time. He was born on March 5, 1512, in Rupelmonde, Flanders (now Belgium). After
MessageToEagle.com – On November 24, 1996, Sorley MacLean, one of the most important poets died. Sorley MacLean, (in Gaelic: Somhairle Macgill-Eain) will be remembered as one of the
MessageToEagle.com – On November 19, 1703, “the man in the iron mask” died in the Bastille, Paris, France. He was buried under the name of “Marchioly” and his
MessageToEagle.com – On November 13, 1093, died Malcolm III, King of Scots from 1058 to 1093. Nicknamed Canmore (in Scottish Gaelic: “Great Chief”, Malcolm ruled 35 years and
MessageToEagle.com – On November 12, 1035, died King Canute (Cnut The Great), a Danish King of England and ruler of one of the largest Nordic empires. The Viking
MessageToEagle.com – On November 3, 1960, died Sir Harold Spencer Jones, an English astronomer. He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as Astronomer Royal
MessageToEagle.com – On October 18, 1931, inventor Thomas Edison died. Edison – known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park” is considered by many the worlds’ greatest inventor. He
MessageToEagle.com – On 16 September 307, died Severus II who was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. According to one source, Severus II at Tres Tabernae,
MessageToEagle. com – On August 20, 1940, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was fatally stabbed by a pick of an ice axe in his skull. The next day
MessageToEagle.com – On August 18, 1227, Genghis Khan died during the siege of Ningxia. The cause of his death remains unknown and has been attributed to being slain
MessageToEagle.com – On August 5, 1888, Anna Haining Bates – one of the tallest women in history – died. Anna Haining Bates and she was from Canada. Her parents were
MessageToEagle.com – On June 11, 323 BC, Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II of Macedon, died in Babylon after suffering ten days of high fever. Theories
