Scott Allsop's Blog, page 131

7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV during the Second Cornish Uprising

Warbeck had convinced his followers that he was Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the two ‘Princes in the ...

4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas

The Little Rock Crisis gained national attention, and was only resolved when President ...

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, triggering the Second World War

On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World ...

24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the New York Stock Exchange

Political activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock ...

8th August 1963: The Great Train Robbery takes place on a Royal Mail train

On the 8th August 1963, a gang of 15 men attacked a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and stole over £2.6million in ...

5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa

On the 5th August 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested near the South African town of Howick and imprisoned facing charges of inciting workers' strikes and leaving the country without a ...

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

On the 2nd August 1934, the 86 year old German Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg died of lung cancer and Adolf Hitler became both the Führer and Reich Chancellor of the German ...

1st August 1834: The Slavery Abolition Act comes in to force in the United Kingdom

On the 1st August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into force in the United Kingdom, although it had received royal assent a year ...

26th July 1936: Germany and Italy agree to support Franco’s Nationalist rebellion in Spain

On the 26th July 1936, Adolf Hitler informed General Francisco Franco that Germany would support his Nationalist rebellion in ...

23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia ahead of the First World War

On the 23rd July 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two ...