Scott Allsop's Blog, page 192
February 13, 2019
14th February 1929: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre committed in Chicago
On the 14th February 1929, seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in the Saint Valentine’s Day ...
February 12, 2019
13th February 1542: The execution of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was executed in the Tower of ...
February 11, 2019
12th February 1429: Battle of the Herrings fought during the Hundred Years War
On the 12th February 1429, the curiously-named Battle of the Herrings was fought between French and English forces near the village of Rouvray in ...
February 10, 2019
11th February 1812: Elbridge Gerry signs the first bill to authorise ‘gerrymandering’
Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ...
February 9, 2019
10th February 1906: The launch of HMS Dreadnought
On the 10th February 1906 the British King, Edward VII, launched HMS Dreadnought – a revolutionary new type of battleship that made all other ships ...
February 8, 2019
9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan
Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan, the Director of Physical Education at the YMCA in Holyoke, ...
February 7, 2019
8th February 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
On the 8th February 1587 Mary Stuart, more commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in ...
February 6, 2019
7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the ...
February 5, 2019
6th February 1958: Munich air disaster kills Manchester Utd players
On the 6th February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed at Munich-Riem Airport while carrying the Manchester United football team, supporters and ...
February 4, 2019
5th February 1958: Nuclear bomb lost off Tybee Island in Georgia, USA after an in-air collision
An American Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb was lost off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia following an in-air ...
