Scott Allsop's Blog, page 110
May 30, 2022
31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic ...
May 29, 2022
30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed in the French city of Rouen for heresy
Joan was accused of being a witch and a heretic due to the voices she heard and visions she witnessed, but the crime that condemned her to death was that of wearing men’s ...
May 28, 2022
29th May 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount ...
May 27, 2022
28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red Square
Rust approached Moscow in the early evening and, after passing the city's ‘Ring of Steel’ anti-aircraft defences, touched down on a bridge next to St Basil’s Cathedral and taxied his aircraft into Red ...
May 26, 2022
27th May 1199: Coronation of King John in Westminster Abbey
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster ...
May 25, 2022
26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published
Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with ...
May 24, 2022
25th May 1961: Kennedy announces plan for manned moon landing
On the 25th May 1961, American President John F. Kennedy made the announcement to a joint session of Congress that he had set his sights on a manned moon landing before the end of the ...
May 23, 2022
24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz
Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel Of Death’, was transferred to begin work at Auschwitz concentration ...
May 22, 2022
23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary
In a secret agreement signed on 26 April in London, Italy agreed to leave the Triple Alliance, join the forces of the Triple Entente, and declare war on Austria-Hungary and ...
May 21, 2022
22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent
Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a ...
