Scott Allsop's Blog, page 166
November 2, 2019
3rd November 1957: Laika the dog becomes first animal in orbit
On the 3rd November 1957, Laika the dog became the first animal to enter orbit around the Earth when she was launched into space on board the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik ...
November 1, 2019
2nd November 1868: New Zealand becomes the first country to use standardised time
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar ...
October 31, 2019
1st November 1911: First ever aerial bombing from a plane takes place during the Italo-Turkish War
On the 1st November 1911, the first aerial bombing using an aeroplane took place when Italian Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades on Turkish troops in ...
October 30, 2019
31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy
Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in ...
October 29, 2019
30th October 1938: War of the Worlds by Orson Welles is broadcast
On the 30th October 1938, Orson Welles directed and narrated a radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds as part of the Mercury Theatre on the ...
October 28, 2019
29th October 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for treason against James I in the Main Plot
Raleigh had been found guilty of treason for his involvement in the Main Plot that sought to depose Elizabeth’s successor James I and replace him with his cousin Arabella ...
October 27, 2019
28th October 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis ends with USSR’s agreement to remove missiles
At 9:00 am on the 28th October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended when Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to remove Russian nuclear missiles from the island of ...
October 26, 2019
27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow
By the summer of 1987 it had become public knowledge that the Soviets had bugged the new building with technology that the United States was struggling to ...
October 25, 2019
26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II
On the 26th October 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi met with Victor Emanuel II, the King of Sardinia, at Teano and handed him control of southern ...
October 24, 2019
25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military
Davis first entered military service following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, and later served as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at both Wilberforce University in Ohio and Tuskegee University in Alabama as well as serving tours of duty around the ...
