Scott Allsop's Blog, page 34

3rd June 1943: Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, California, during the Second World War

The riots began on the night of 3 June, 1943, when a group of sailors on shore leave clashed with Mexican American youths in downtown Los ...

2nd June 1774: The British Parliament passes the Quartering Act, the fourth of the punitive laws passed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party

Just a few months later the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, uniting the colonies in the face of increasingly oppressive British ...

1st June 1916: Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

As a Supreme Court Justice, Brandeis wrote opinions in favor of individual liberty and freedom of speech, while protecting citizens’ right to ...

31st May 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre breaks out in Oklahoma

The final report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot, published in 2001, estimated that around 300 people may have died in the ...

30th May 1911: Indianapolis 500 automobile race takes place for the first time

Ray Harroun secured victory with a time of 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds, averaging a speed of 74.59 miles per ...

29th May 1942: The song “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby

“White Christmas” has since gone on to become the world’s biggest-selling single of all ...

28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson

While some tribes signed agreements with the American government, tens of thousands of Native Americans were forcibly resettled by the ...

27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Heydrich's death triggered brutal reprisals from the Nazis against the Czechoslovakian people, including the complete destruction of the village of Lidice and the massacre of its ...

26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut

Alse Young was executed for witchcraft in Hartford on 26th May ...

25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther

The Edict of Worms condemned Luther’s writings as heretical and prohibited their publication, distribution, and possession within the Holy Roman Empire. The edict effectively excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church and sought to suppress the spread of his ideas and ...