Scott Allsop's Blog, page 45

16th March 1660: England’s Long Parliament dissolved after twenty years in session

The dissolution of the Long Parliament signalled the end of the republican experiment initiated by the Civil War and cleared the way for Charles II to return to England as king, marking the beginning of the Restoration ...

15th March 1916: U.S. General Pershing led the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to locate revolutionary leader Pancho Villa

By January 1917 he was still no closer to being caught, and Pershing’s forces were ordered to withdraw and return to the United ...

14th March 1939: The First Slovak Republic proclaimed, as a client state of Nazi Germany

The creation of the First Slovak Republic represented a long-standing aspiration for Slovak autonomy, but came under the shadow of Nazi influence and ...

13th March 1942: Julia Flikke, the commander of the Army Nurse Corps, became the first female Colonel in the United States

Although her rating was only temporary, it marked in important step towards the Army-Navy Nurse Act of 1947 that made such appointments ...

12th March 1947: Truman Doctrine established when the President asks for aid to Greece and Turkey

In a program that won broad support, America committed to providing $400 million in assistance to Greece and ...

11th March 1941: Lend-Lease Act signed into law by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt

By providing substantial military assistance to Allied nations through the Lend-Lease Act, the United States played a crucial role in bolstering their ability to resist Axis aggression and played a major role in the Allied victory in the Second World ...

9th March 1776: “The Wealth of Nations” published by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith

The publication of "The Wealth of Nations" had a profound impact on economic thought and policy, laying the foundation for classical economics and providing justification for the rise of free-market ...

8th March 1971: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier faced each other in the ‘Fight of the Century’

The match went all the way to the 15th round before Frazier was declared the winner by unanimous ...

7th March 1850: Senator Daniel Webster makes his “Seventh of March” speech in favour of the Compromise of 1850

Daniel Webster’s "Seventh of March" speech saw the prominent senator from Massachusetts, who was a staunch defender of the Union, deliver an address endorsing the compromise measures as a means to preserve national unity and avert a possible civil ...

5th March 1936: Supermarine Spitfire aircraft makes its maiden test flight

Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers, chief test pilot for Vickers, performed a series of exercises to evaluate the Spitfire’s handling characteristics and performance capabilities, and found that the aircraft demonstrated remarkable ...