Sunshine Travel Service

10/29/2024

29 OCT 1268 Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily

10/28/2024

27 OCT 312

On This Day in History

Roman Emperor Constantine as depicted by Raphael having his Vision of the Cross

312 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross

10/17/2024

10/05/2024

This was Las Vegas in 1947.

10/05/2024

04 OCT 1883 The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul

07/01/2024

Italy anyone ?

05/08/2024

08 MAY 1902 Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.

05/04/2024

The Third of May 1808, by Francisco de Goya

04/05/2024

05 APR 1722 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific.

Two Moai on the Rano Raraku crater on Rapa Nui from a 1914-15 expedition photograph held in the British Museum

03/29/2024

Vikings lay siege to Paris in 845 AD

29 MAR 845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

11/09/2023

09 NOV 1494 Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses his power and flees the state

I feel sorry for the guy living with his name :-0

11/08/2023

Sugar free treats anyone ?

10/20/2023

This was really good. I don't generally drink soda pop, but it seemed to fit in with my health food.