| 1 | Robert Catesby was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot and not Guy Fawkes. |
| 2 | In spite of various theories nobody actually knows for sure the birth place of the Irish Patron saint St. Patrick. |
| 3 | Walter Raleigh was certainly not responsible for introducing either the potato or tobacco to England. |
| 4 | The Guillotine was actually invented in Halifax, West Yorkshire as far back as 1286. |
| 5 | Antonio Meucci invented the telephone (his idea was almost certainly stolen by Alexander Graham Bell). |
| 6 | Contrary to popular belief, Chop Suey actually is a Chinese dish and was definitely not invented in America. |
| 7 | Marie Antoinette never said 'Let Them Eat Cake'? |
| 8 | Although there is no outright proof, documentary evidence points firmly towards Richard Ameryk as being the person whom America was named after rather than the popular theory of Amerigo Vespucci. |
| 9 | Man did not evolve from monkeys or apes. |
| 10 | Kilts, Bag-Pipes, Whisky, Golf, Haggis, Porridge and Tartan did not originate in Scotland. |
Moon Landing - On July 20th 1969, 4 days after take off Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touch down on the Moon. Michael Colllins the 3rd member of the crew remained in the capsule whilst Armstrong and Aldrin performed their historic walk on the moon with the now legendary quote 'it's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind. Further missions were made to the moon and Alan Sheperd famously played a few golf shots with a Wilson 6-Iron golf club.
| 1 | Industrial Revolution |
| 2 | The Great Plague |
| 3 | Sumerian Invention Of Writing |
| 4 | D-Day Landings |
| 5 | Fall of the Roman Empire |
| 6 | Landing on the Moon |
| 7 | Assasination of J.F.K |
| 8 | Egyptian Pyramids |
| 9 | Discovery of the New World |
| 10 | The Crusades |
History Resources
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