Scott Allsop's Blog, page 150
June 18, 2020
19th June 1949: The first NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ race takes place at Charlotte Speedway
The first NASCAR race took place at the Charlotte Speedway in North ...
June 13, 2020
14th June 1777: Stars and Stripes adopted as the flag of the USA by the Second Continental Congress
On the 14th June 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the so-called Flag Resolution and adopted the stars and stripes as the flag of the United ...
June 10, 2020
11th June 1963: Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death to protest again the government of Ngô Đình Diệm
Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy crossroads in ...
June 9, 2020
10th June 1916: Battle of Mecca signals the start of the Arab Revolt
The Arab Revolt began fully on June 10th 1916 when Grand Sharif Hussein bin Ali, the guardian of the holy city of Mecca, ordered his troops to attack the Ottoman Caliphate’s garrison in the ...
June 7, 2020
8th June 1972: Nick Ut takes his harrowing photo of Vietnamese girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from napalm
On the 8th June 1972 one of the most iconic photographs of the Vietnam War was taken of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, a nine-year-old girl from the South Vietnamese village of Trang ...
April 17, 2020
18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome
Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica, one of Catholicisms most sacred ...
April 7, 2020
8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the ...
April 6, 2020
7th April 1498: Savonarola meets to take part in a trial by fire
On the 7th April 1498, a group of Franciscan monks met their Dominican rivals in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence to take part in the first trial by fire in 400 ...
April 5, 2020
6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games take place
On the 6th April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in ...
April 4, 2020
5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England
On the 5th April 1621, the Mayflower the boat that carried the Pilgrim fathers to America returned to England from the settlement at ...
