Scott Allsop's Blog, page 191
March 29, 2019
30th March 1939: Batman’s debut in Detective Comics #27
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on ...
March 28, 2019
29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an
The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, ...
March 27, 2019
28th March 1871: Paris Commune meets for the first time
On the 28th March 1871 the Paris Commune was proclaimed and met for the first ...
March 26, 2019
27th March 1915: Typhoid Mary placed in permanent quarantine in New York
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New ...
March 25, 2019
26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends
At 9am on the 26th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the ...
March 24, 2019
25th March 1306: Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scots
Robert I, better known as Robert the Bruce, was crowned King of Scots at ...
March 23, 2019
24th March 1721: Bach dedicates the Brandenburg Concertos
On the 24th March 1721, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated what were to become known as the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, the younger brother of King Frederick I of ...
March 22, 2019
23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins its return journey
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began its journey home, having crossed the western United ...
March 21, 2019
22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest
On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book ...
March 20, 2019
21st March 1921: The New Economic Policy introduced to the USSR by Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy at the 10th Communist Party ...
