Scott Allsop's Blog, page 75

10th April 1858: Big Ben, the bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster, was cast

The bell has chimed the hours almost non-stop since it first rang in July 1859, over a year after the bell itself was cast at the Whitechapel Bell ...

9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

John Hancock, one of Boston’s wealthiest merchants and a leading figure in Boston politics, forcibly removed customs officials from his ship ...

8th April 1904: The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France signed

The agreement marked the end of years of intermittent conflict between Britain and France and set the stage for the series of agreements known as the Triple Entente that bound Britain, France and Russia together at the start of the First World ...

7th April 1141: Matilda declared the ‘Lady of England and Normandy’

Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I of England, was declared the ‘Lady of England and Normandy’ in advance of a coronation that never took ...

6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens.

The 1896 Summer Olympics laid down many traditions including the first competitive marathon ...

5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death in the United States for conspiracy to commit ...

4th April 1968: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39

King was standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorrain Motel in Memphis when he was hit by a single bullet that shattered his jaw and several ...

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service goes into operation

The first Pony Express service left the American city of St Joseph in Missouri destined for Sacramento in ...

2nd April 1982: Falklands War begins with an amphibious invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina

On 5 April the British Government, led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, ordered a naval task force that numbered more than 100 ships to retake the Falkland ...

1st April 1938: Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War began in July 1936 after a military coup by Spanish forces in North Africa failed to secure complete control over the ...