Scott Allsop's Blog, page 157
February 1, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt
The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer ...
January 29, 2020
30th January 1649: Charles I beheaded at Banqueting House
On the 30th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed outside the Banqueting House in ...
January 28, 2020
29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast
Desert Island Discs is Britain’s longest-running radio ...
January 27, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
26th January 1998: Bill Clinton denies ‘sexual relations with that woman’
On the 26th January 1998, United States President Bill Clinton appeared at a White House press conference and made a forceful statement that “I did not have sexual relations with that ...
January 24, 2020
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, 2020
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
On the 24th January 41 CE, Caligula became the first Roman Emperor to be ...
