Scott Allsop's Blog, page 109
May 9, 2022
10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government
Hess landed twelve miles away from his intended destination of Dungavel House, the home of the Duke of Hamilton, with whom he hoped to open peace ...
May 8, 2022
9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London
On the 9th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West ...
May 7, 2022
8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ...
May 6, 2022
7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention
The Cult of the Supreme Being recognised that God had created the universe, but that He did not interfere or intervene in its operation. Therefore it taught that humans were responsible for their own actions and ...
May 5, 2022
6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries
West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were ...
May 4, 2022
5th May 1260: Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire
The area governed by Kublai Khan was enormous and swept from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Black Sea in the west, and from Afghanistan in the south to Siberia in the ...
May 3, 2022
4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students
Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four Kent State University ...
May 2, 2022
3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Built by George and Robert Stevenson in Newcastle, and transported to Whitstable by sea, Invicta was the first steam locomotive to haul passengers on a public ...
May 1, 2022
2nd May 1952: The world’s first passenger jet aircraft carries 36 passengers from London to Johannesburg
The De Havilland DH 106 Comet operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation reduced the overall journey time from London to Johannesburg by a ...
April 30, 2022
1st May 1952: Mr Potato Head goes on sale for the first time
On the 1st May 1952, Mr Potato Head first went on ...
