Scott Allsop's Blog, page 144
October 22, 2020
23rd October 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman to pilot an aircraft in public
She continued making exhibition flights until 1916, earning her the nickname the ‘Tomboy of the ...
October 21, 2020
22nd October 1884: The International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich as the prime meridian
The Greenwich Meridian became the international standard for zero degrees longitude, ensuring continuity with most existing nautical ...
October 20, 2020
21st October 1921: U.S. President Warren G. Harding publicly condemns lynching in a speech in Alabama
In October 1921 Harding travelled to Alabama. Here he expressed his support for anti-lynching laws that would hold counties responsible for the illegal hangings, and lodge federal murder cases against the ...
October 19, 2020
20th October 1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashes during an emergency landing, killing three members of the band
Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing singer Cassie Gaines were all killed in the ...
October 18, 2020
19th October 1953: Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 first published
Set in the distant future where books are outlawed, the story focuses on Guy Montag whose job as a fireman sees him burn houses that are found to contain ...
October 17, 2020
18th October 1867: The Alaska Purchase completed with the formal transfer from Russia to the United States
Although ridiculed shortly afterwards as ‘Seward’s Folly’, the Alaska Purchase has since been reinterpreted as one of President Andrew Johnson’s greatest ...
October 14, 2020
15th October 1966: The Black Panther Party founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
In the wake of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and the killing of unarmed black teen Matthew Johnson by police the following year, the two men established the Black Panther Party for ...
October 11, 2020
12th October 1928: ‘Iron lung’ respirator used for the first time
An iron lung respirator was used for the first time at Boston Children’s ...
October 7, 2020
8th October 1871: The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin, the most deadly wildfire in recorded history
The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded ...
October 6, 2020
7th October 1763: Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian ...
