Scott Allsop's Blog, page 56
October 15, 2023
16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland
The light cruiser HMS Southampton and the destroyer Mohawk were damaged, while sixteen Royal Navy sailors died and 44 were ...
October 14, 2023
15th October 1966: The Black Panther Party founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
In the wake of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and the killing of unarmed black teen Matthew Johnson by police the following year, the two men established the Black Panther Party for ...
October 13, 2023
14th October 1947: Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to officially break the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1
Flying at 45,000 feet, Yeager reached Mach 1.06 or approximately 700 miles per hour over the Rogers Dry Lake of the Mojave Desert in ...
October 12, 2023
13th October 1908: Suffragette Margaret Travers Symons becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she burst into the main chamber
As she was accompanied through the Members’ Lobby, Travers Symons broke away from her escort and burst into the chamber where MPs were debating a bill regarding issues related to ...
October 11, 2023
12th October 1928: ‘Iron lung’ respirator used for the first time
An iron lung respirator was used for the first time at Boston Children’s ...
October 10, 2023
11th October 1649: Sack of Wexford in Ireland by English forces under Oliver Cromwell who burn much of the town and kill over 1,500 people
As property was pillaged and buildings were burned, at least 1,500 people died while twice that number were taken ...
October 9, 2023
10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record
At around 6am on 10 October the hurricane made landfall at Barbados in the Lesser Antilles, where it unleashed its full fury as it moved through the ...
October 8, 2023
9th October 1919: Black Sox Scandal overshadows the World Series baseball championship win by the Cincinnati Reds
As the series progressed the Reds unexpectedly gained the upper hand, which puzzled fans and raised suspicions that some members of the White Sox team had deliberately thrown the games in exchange for financial rewards from ...
October 7, 2023
8th October 1871: The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin, the most deadly wildfire in recorded history
The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded ...
October 6, 2023
7th October 1763: Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian ...
