Scott Allsop's Blog, page 181
June 4, 2019
5th June 1967: Start of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War
On the 5th June 1967, Israel launched a series of pre-emptive strikes against the Egyptian air force that marked the start of the Six Day ...
June 3, 2019
4th June 1920: Treaty of Trianon signed with Hungary after the First World War
The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World ...
June 2, 2019
3rd June 1989: Start of the Tiananmen Square massacre
On the evening of the 3rd June 1989, the People’s Liberation Army began firing on protesters taking part in the student-led Tiananmen Square ...
June 1, 2019
2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’
Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the ...
May 31, 2019
1st June 1967: The Beatles release Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th studio ...
May 30, 2019
31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic ...
May 29, 2019
30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed by burning at the stake
On the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was executed by being burned at the ...
May 28, 2019
29th May 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount ...
May 27, 2019
28th May 1987: West German amateur pilot lands a plane near Red Square
On the 28th May 1987, an eighteen year-old amateur pilot from Hamburg in West Germany illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red ...
May 26, 2019
27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
In 1703 Peter’s forces captured Swedish possessions at the mouth of the Neva river, and it was here that he laid the foundation stone for the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy ...
