Rhodesia and Salisbury

Five years ago today, Ian Douglas Smith passed away.

Since this year also marks the 30^th anniversary of the renaming of Salisbury, a song of the town by John Edmond is brought to you:

Nine Decades of Vacancy

A decade short of century ago today, Mehmed VI was expelled and departed Constantinople.

Viva o Imperador!

123 years ago today, Emperor Pedro II was deposed.

123 years of Interregnum is more than enough!

Lords Expelled

A baker's dozen years ago today, the House of Lords Act 1999 received Royal Assent.

The documentary The Lords' Tale is brought to you:

The Still Hour

94 years ago today, the guns of the Great War fell silent.

On the same day, the Emperor of Austria renounced power and the Austro-Hungarian Imperial-Royal Family moved from Schönbrunn to internal exile at Eckartsau.

Two days prior, the German abdication had been announced.

Two days later, the Hungarian equivalent to the Austrian renunciation was signed at Eckartsau.

Over at The LRC Blog, Daniel McAdams says:

Civilization lost. Decency lost. And in many ways the world ended.

Mr. McAdams also directs our attentions to this video:

We also have a series at LewRockwell.com from the pen of Professor Ralph Raico run this fall:

• Prelude to World War I
• And the War Came
• Woodrow Wilson's 'Second Personality'
• America Goes to War
• World War I on the Home Front

American Peace with an Interregnum

91 years ago today, the peace treaty after the Great War between Austria and those United States came into force.

Bloody October

Five years short of a century ago today, the world was struck by Red October.

Landslide Perilous

A century ago today, the bête noire and the Persona Non Grata of this weblog was elected the 28^th POTUS in a landslide victory.

A King and Debasement

Ad Orientem tells the story of how King Henry I dealt with currency debasement.

Upcoming Electoral College Controversy?

Over at The Washington Post, Karen Tumulty ponders the possibility of a split between the popular and electoral vote (H/T: Ad Orientem):

A win in the electoral college that is not accompanied by one in the popular vote casts a shadow over the president and his ability to govern.

Over at The American Conservative, W. James Antle III also reflects:

Its abolition would just be the latest step away from the idea of a federal republic toward the notion that the narrowest plurality of Americans should get whatever it wants from government.

Whom to Vote For?

H/T: Ad Orientem

Turkish Republican Madness

90 years ago today, the Ottoman Sultanate was abolished.