Scott Allsop's Blog, page 110
April 29, 2022
30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France
The French government sold the entire Louisiana Territory, which included an area that now forms part of fifteen separate states, at less than 3 cents per ...
April 28, 2022
29th April 1975: USA leaves Vietnam in Operation Frequent Wind
On 29th April 1975, America began Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of over 1,000 American civilians and a further 6,000 "at-risk" Vietnamese from ...
April 27, 2022
28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium in London opens with the ‘White Horse Final’ of the FA Cup between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
Official figures placed attendance at 126,000 people – 1,000 more than the stadium’s capacity – but estimates suggest that the crowd was probably twice that ...
April 26, 2022
27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time
The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. ...
April 25, 2022
26th April 1937: The Basque town of Guernica experiences what is seen by many as the first large-scale modern air raid against a civilian population
Historians now generally accept that up to 300 civilians were killed directly in the bombing of Guernica, although it’s likely that many more – perhaps as many as 1,700 – died from their ...
April 24, 2022
25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian ...
April 23, 2022
24th April 1916: Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in James Caird, a recovered lifeboat, to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean
Despite all the odds stacked against them, the crew of the tiny boat reached South Georgia in 16 days and then crossed to the whaling station at ...
April 22, 2022
23rd April 1985: Coca Cola replace formula with ‘New Coke’
On the 23rd April 1985 the Coca-Cola Company introduced "the new taste of Coca-Cola", when they replaced the original Coca-Cola formula with a new ...
April 21, 2022
22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres
Over five thousand French Algerian, Moroccan and territorial troops died within ten minutes of the chlorine gas being ...
April 20, 2022
21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed
The German fighter pilot Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and ...
