Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at the time, was dedicated OTD in 1514 in England; eventually Scapa Flow would become the Royal Navy's main harbor cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/sc… #travel #Scotland #history
Scapa Flow, a great natural harbor, was home to Norse fleets before becoming a British naval base. The Churchill Barriers were constructed during World War II.
Antoni Radziwiłł, born OTD in 1775, acted in 1815-1831 as Książę-Namiestnik or Duke-Governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, an autonomous province of Prussia created out of lands annexed in the Partitions of #Polandcromwell-intl.com/travel/polan… #travel
#EAS #WEA for Webster, #WV: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 1:45 AM EDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Charleston WV ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
HR3945 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person from engaging in the business of destroying firearms unless such person has received a license to do so from the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Learn the rules for train toilets in Bulgaria, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, U.K., and the U.S.A. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Rubio: U.S. 'not involved' in 'unilateral' Israeli strikes on Iran; Democratic lawmaker: 'Disaster of Trump and Netanyahu's own making' haaretz.com/us-news/2025-06-13…
Democratic and Republican lawmakers took to social media following Israel's strikes in Iran overnight into Friday, with some praising the attack and other slamming it
Inbound aircraft to Washington Dulles International #Airport (#IAD) are currently being held at their origin #airport due to #thunderstorms. Operations are expected to resume at 10:45 PM. #AirportStatusBot
Tobias Matthew, born OTD in 1546, was President of St John's College, #Oxford from 1572 to 1576, before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1579 to 1583 cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/ox… #travel #England #history
Visit the places where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien taught, lived, and found inspiration at Oxford University, starting with the Eagle and Child pub where the 'Inklings' met.
HR3980 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations.
