It is August fourth, and, according to tradition, on this date in 1693 a French Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon invented the sparkling wine that today we call champagne,. The surprising history of sparkling wine deserves to be remembered.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.