Scott Allsop's Blog, page 118
February 8, 2022
9th February 1969: First test flight of Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’
On the 9th February 1969, the first test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ took ...
February 7, 2022
8th February 1587: Mary Queen of Scots executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire
Having been held for 19 years in a variety of castles and manor houses around the British Isles, Mary was accused of plotting to kill Elizabeth in ...
February 6, 2022
7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television
The band landed at New York’s Kennedy Airport on 7 February to be greeted by 3,000 screaming ...
February 5, 2022
6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence
France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United ...
February 4, 2022
5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time
Although now largely inaccurate as a result of the inherent delay in the encoding, transmission, and decoding of digital radio broadcasts, the Greenwich Time Signal pips are still a part of many BBC radio ...
February 3, 2022
4th February 1555: John Rogers became the first Protestant martyr under ‘Bloody’ Mary I of England
John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the ...
February 2, 2022
3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’
Their private plane took off at 12:55am on 3 February, but managed to fly only 6 miles before crashing amidst deteriorating ...
February 1, 2022
2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay
A potential diphtheria epidemic in Alaska was avoided after a dogsled relay transported vials of antitoxin 674 miles in five and a half days in “Great Race of ...
January 31, 2022
1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan
On the 1st February 1968, American photojournalist Eddie Adams took a photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém in ...
January 30, 2022
31st January 1990: McDonald’s opens its first fast food restaurant in the Soviet Union on Moscow’s Pushkin Square
Although a standard hamburger cost the price of ten loaves of bread, some news outlets estimated that 30,000 people passed through the doors on the first ...
