Scott Allsop's Blog, page 193
February 3, 2019
4th February 1945: Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin begins
Attended by the “Big Three” Allied leaders, the conference saw United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war ...
February 2, 2019
3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
Operation Looking Glass began flying an Airborne Command Post above the United States 24 hours a ...
February 1, 2019
2nd February 1852: First modern public toilets open in London
On the 2nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in ...
January 31, 2019
1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
The Greensboro sit-ins began when four black students sat at the ‘whites only’ lunch counter in the Woolworth department ...
January 30, 2019
31st January 1990: First McDonald’s opens in the USSR
On the 31st January 1990, fast food chain McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in the Soviet Union on Moscow’s Pushkin ...
January 29, 2019
30th January 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von ...
January 28, 2019
29th January 1856: Victoria Cross introduced by Queen Victoria
On the 29th January 1856, Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross to reward "most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the ...
January 27, 2019
28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents
Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught ...
28th January 1393: Louis VI of France and the Bal des Ardents
Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught ...
January 26, 2019
27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces
On the 27th January 1945, Soviet soldiers from the 322nd Rifle Division liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp near the Polish city of ...
