Scott Allsop's Blog, page 64
September 1, 2023
2nd September 1935: The Labor Day hurricane, the most intense hurricane to ever make landfall
The most intense hurricane to ever make landfall struck the United ...
August 31, 2023
1st September 1985: Wreck of the Titanic discovered by a team led by Robert Ballard
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert ...
August 30, 2023
31st August 1920: The world’s first radio news service begins broadcasting in Detroit, Michigan
The world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, ...
August 29, 2023
30th August 1963: The Moscow-Washington hotline enters operation
The Moscow–Washington hotline entered operation, providing a direct link between the Kremlin and the ...
August 28, 2023
29th August 1949: USSR successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, codenamed RDS-1 and nicknamed First Lightning
The explosion had the power of 22 kilotons of TNT, and was 50% more destructive than its designers had ...
August 27, 2023
28th August 1955: The murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi
Black teenager Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly flirting with and offending a white woman in ...
August 26, 2023
27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa
One of the most destructive volcanic events in modern history occurred when Krakatoa’s eruption reached its ...
August 25, 2023
26th August 1346: Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years War won by the army of the English king Edward III
The battle was fought against the French army of King Philip VI and led to the port of Calais becoming an English enclave for over two ...
August 24, 2023
25th August 1944: Liberation of Paris as the Nazi German garrison surrenders the city to the Allies
Over 800 resistance fighters died before the Free French 2nd Armoured Division led by Captain Raymond Dronne arrived just before midnight on 24 August. On 25 August the US 4th Infantry Division entered the ...
August 23, 2023
24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the New York Stock Exchange
Political activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock ...
