The Gas Chamber

 On 8 February 1924, Gee Jon became the first person in the USA to be executed in the gas chamber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITNm_qvFiPI 

Charles Dickens

 Famous English writer Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812. www.localhistories.org/dickens.html

Women's sports

 3 February 2021 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Here is an article I wrote about the history of women's sports. localhistories.org/a-history-of-women's-sports

Guy Fawkes

 Guy Fawkes was executed on 31 January 1606. They were going to hang, draw, and quarter him (hang him till he was unconscious then cut him down, and when he came around disembowel then dismember him) but when the hangman put the noose around his neck Fawkes jumped off the scaffold and broke his neck.

18th Century Women

 Three years ago I made this video about women in the 18th century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFkEZUXlUc

Myths About the Middle Ages

 My Youtube video about myths about the Middle Ages has reached 1,500 hits

James Watt

 The great Scottish inventor James Watt was born on 19 January 1736. He didn't actually invent the steam engine but he invented a much more efficient version.