Scott Allsop's Blog, page 189
March 16, 2019
17th March 1992: White South Africans vote to end apartheid in a referendum
A referendum in South Africa resulted in white South Africans voting to end ...
March 15, 2019
16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US troops
On the 16th March 1968, US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade committed the My Lai ...
March 14, 2019
15th March 1906: Rolls-Royce Limited established in Britain
Rolls-Royce Limited was established by Charles Rolls and Henry ...
March 13, 2019
14th March 1950: FBI launches its ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list
On the 14th March 1950, the FBI launched its list of Ten Most Wanted ...
March 12, 2019
13th March 1920: Start of the Kapp Putsch in Berlin
The right-wing Kapp Putsch attempted to overthrow the Weimar ...
March 11, 2019
12th March 1930: Gandhi begins the Salt March to Dandi
On the 12th March 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began the Salt March – a 240 mile (390 km) journey to the coastal village of ...
March 10, 2019
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
The Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper, was published in ...
March 9, 2019
10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone
On the 10th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas ...
March 8, 2019
9th March 1959: Barbie doll introduced at the New York Toy Fair
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy ...
March 7, 2019
8th March 1950: VW Transporter aka ‘camper’ & ‘bus’ production begins
On the 8th March 1950, the Volkswagen Type 2 – more commonly known as the ‘transporter’, the ‘bus’ or the ‘camper’ – went into production at the company’s Wolfsburg ...
