Scott Allsop's Blog, page 23

26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the economic recovery that Germany experienced up until the onset of the Great ...

25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable

Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each ...

24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey

Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet ...

23rd September 1889: Nintendo founded in Kyoto, Japan, to produce playing cards

Originally known as “Nintendo Koppai”, Fusajiro Yamauchi established the company to produce hanafuda, a type of traditional Japanese playing ...

22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years

The war persisted for nearly eight long and bloody years, leading to the deaths of an estimated half a million soldiers and the same number of ...

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at ...

20th September 1946: First Cannes International Film Festival begins at the former Casino

The first Cannes Film Festival was established to celebrate cinema and to promote cultural exchange between countries in the aftermath of World War ...

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first ...

18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway

The Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations for assistance, and the League promptly passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Japanese ...

17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States

The San Francisco Bulletin printed his decree in full, sparking media interest that led to him becoming a celebrity in the ...