Scott Allsop's Blog, page 119
January 29, 2022
30th January 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von ...
January 28, 2022
29th January 1856: The Victoria Cross medal for valour introduced by Queen Victoria
The Victoria Cross, which is commonly referred to as the VC, is the highest military decoration in the British honours system and takes precedence over every other order and ...
January 27, 2022
28th January 1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On the 28th January 1986, the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in ...
January 26, 2022
27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures
The Outer Space Treaty, which provides the basic framework on international space law, was opened for signatures in the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United ...
January 25, 2022
26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky
Seven months elapsed before Clinton was called before a grand jury, where he admitted he and Lewinsky had had a relationship that was ‘not ...
January 24, 2022
25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr was the director of research at DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey where he was exploring the use of cathode ray tubes in television ...
January 23, 2022
24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard
Three Praetorian Guards cornered Caligula in a cryptoporticus beneath his palace on the Palatine Hill and stabbed him to ...
January 22, 2022
23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi and surrounding areas
Scientists have since judged that the earthquake had a magnitude of around 8.0 on the Richter scale, and have had no reason to question the traditional estimates of around 830,000 ...
January 21, 2022
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
The Portuguese royal family and more than 10,000 courtiers relocated to Brazil to escape the advancing Napoleonic ...
January 20, 2022
21st January 1793: Former French King Louis XVI executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris
The blade fell at 10.22am, after which it is reported that a number of members of the public rushed forward to dip their handkerchiefs in Louis’ ...
