Scott Allsop's Blog, page 186
May 18, 2019
19th May 1919: Mustafa Kemal arrives in Samsun and begins the Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence began when General Mustafa Kemal Pasha, the Inspector of the Ottoman 9th Army and later known as Atatürk, arrived at the town of Samsun on the Black Sea ...
May 17, 2019
18th May 1291: Siege of Acre signals end of Crusader influence
On the 18th May 1291, the Crusader-controlled city of Acre was seized by the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf ...
May 16, 2019
17th May 1943: Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron carries out the ‘Dambusters’ raids
Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron attacked German dams in Operation Chastise, otherwise known as the Dambuster ...
May 15, 2019
16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China
The ‘May 16th Notification’ of 1966 effectively started the Cultural Revolution in ...
May 14, 2019
15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, ...
May 13, 2019
14th May 1796: Edward Jenner vaccinates against smallpox
On the 14th May 1796, English physician and scientist Edward Jenner purposefully infected 8-year James Phipps with ...
May 12, 2019
13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in ...
May 11, 2019
12th May 1949: Stalin lifts the Berlin Blockade
On May 12th 1949, the Soviet Union ended its blockade of West ...
May 10, 2019
11th May 868: The world’s earliest dated printed book created in China
The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in ...
May 9, 2019
10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Scotland to seek peace
On the 10th May 1941 Deputy Fuhrer of the German Party, Rudolf Hess, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British ...
