📜 Amendment to reject neutrality and declare war on Germany 📍 Union of South Africa 🟠⚪️🔵🇬🇧 🗓️ September 4, 1939 🏛️ House of Assembly ✅ 80 For ❌ 67 Against 🪖 PM Hertzog's neutrality policy is defeated and he resigns 🤵‍♂️ Governor-General invites Jan Smuts to form a government

🇿🇦#SouthAfrica, general election poll: ⏬ANC: 37 % (-3,2) ⏫DA: 32 % (+10,2) ⏬MK: 12 % (-6,6) 🔽EFF: 7 % (-2,5) 🔼IFP: 6 % (+2,1) ... (+/- Last election) Social Research Foundation, November 2025

"If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep." #LestWeForget

On this day in 1918, World War 1 ended. The guns finally fell silent after over 4 years of unimaginable suffering. Nearly 10 million soldiers never came home, and millions of civilians were lost in the chaos that reshaped the planet. Nothing was the same after that day, and its

RIGHT NOW in 1918, the guns fall silent on the Western Front signalling the end of the War to End All Wars. #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025

On #ArmisticeDay we remember the service and sacrifice of all those who lost their lives during war. ‘When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.’

SA National Defence Force Remembrance Day 2025 || 11 November. Image by Captain J.J.P. de Vries || Directorate SA Army Reserves. #SANDF #SAArmy #RemembranceDay2025

RIGHT NOW in 1918, German and Allied delegates sign an Armistice in a railway carriage at Compiègne. It goes into effect at 11 a.m. Although, the Great War is just hours away from ending, 11,000 more men will become casualties before the guns stop. See: https://t.co/WPRb78ja6j

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will return for a new ‘THE MUMMY’ movie Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillet (‘Scream 5’) are set to direct. (Source: https://t.co/5aPg1ULy2A)

It's Time!!!🎄🎁 #SephoraPartner

A ‘CRASH BANDICOOT’ animated series is in the works at Netflix. (Source: https://t.co/TQOTIql1ph)

Kanchha Sherpa, the last living legend of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, passed away early this morning 16.10.2025, 02:00, at his home in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was 92. From a small village in Namche Bazaar to standing witness to humankind’s first footsteps on the top of the

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

Happy National Coming Out Day from the boys of BOOTS -- Miles Heizer, Max Parker, and Angus O'Brien!

🚨GIVEAWAY ALERT🚨 Win 1 of 3 copies of '1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe' by Peter Fritzsche from @BasicBooks. “An admirable and useful addition to the history of World War II” and “Haunting, panoramic" Must retweet/repost to be eligible. Draw Friday.

Today in 1683, the Holy League defeats the Ottomans at Vienna ending a two-month siege of the city. According to a popular (and likely apocryphal) myth, among the spoils captured from the Turkish baggage train are sacks of something few Europeans had seen before: Coffee ☕️

Today, news broke that Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. Let me be blunt: I will not pretend to feel sorry for Charlie Kirk. For years, he has profited off division, peddled conspiracy theories, and targeted marginalized groups with rhetoric so

Hey @grok based on my views am i? -Center -Center-Left -Center-Right -Left -Liberal -Progressive -Socialist -Conservative -Far-Right

A live-action #CallOfDuty movie is now in development. Paramount Skydance has signed a deal with video game publisher Activision for a movie based on the iconic video game franchise. While the deal is focused on making one movie, sources say it encompasses the potential for

BREAKING: Popular judge Frank Caprio, who was known for his compassion and humour, has died at 88.