Though initially showing some enthusiasm for the promise of the Nazi regime, the Scholls gradually became disillusioned. In 1936 Hans vocally defended Hitler in front of his father and became a flagbearer at the annual Nuremburg Rally, but was disappointed by the restrictive attitude of his superiors.

Sophie, who had lost faith in the regime by 1939, was turned actively against it by her boyfriend, soldier Fritz Hartnagel, who told her of atrocities against civilians in the east.

Christoph wished for an honourable peace and joined the White Rose alongside Hans and Sophie.

Betrayed by caretaker Jakob Schmid, who received 3,000 marks, the trio were inevitably sentenced to death. The guards at their prison were taken aback by their courage and dignity, to the extent that they allowed the prisoners to have a final cigarette together, an unprecedented liberty.

They were executed by guillotine. Their friends Alexander Schmorell (25), Willi Graf (25), and Kurt Huber (49) were murdered later that year.

http://www.folk.wales/the-mari-lwyd.html

A 'Mari Lwyd' (Thomas Evans, Llangynwyd, Wales, 1904-10).
This strange Welsh custom involves a horse skull being held on a stick, with a sheet hanging down, to create a sort of hobby-horse. A person stands inside. The horse then goes wassailing (an old form of carol singing). The person visited traditionally refuses the horse entry, before giving in and letting it and its companions inside to have food.
The origins, and even the meaning of the name, remain a mystery.

The notable ones include -
-The execution of Robert Blum in 1848, marking the beginning of the end of the 1848-49 German Revolutions.
-Proclamation of the end of the monarchy, 1918.
-The attempted Beer Hall Putsch of the Nazis, 1923, the failure of which would lead Hitler to aim for a democratic victory.
-The antisemetic pogrom Kristallnacht, 1938, that many see as the start of the Holocaust.
-The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/01/compare-jimmy-carter-100-presidents/

Turning 100 today, Jimmy Carter is the first American President to ever do so. He became the oldest ever former President in 2019. When he was born, Calvin Coolidge was President.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/mallory-disappeared-everest-summit-mystery/index.html

CNN

100 years ago they disappeared on Everest. But did they make it to the summit?

British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last seen on June 8, 1924, 800ft below the peak of Everest, before disappearing into clouds and never reappearing. Nobody knows if they reached the summit before their deaths – but now one researcher…