Thuerk later revealed that around 40 people came to the demonstrations the email was advertising, and estimated that this led to more than $12 million in ...Bởi Scott Allsop

By the time the authorities re-established control on the morning of 4 May, two prison officers and three perpetrators lay ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Penny Black allowed letters weighing up to half an ounce (14 grams) to be delivered for one penny, regardless of the distance travelled. This made sending mail more accessible and affordable, leading to a significant increase in postal traffic and the growth of the postal ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Washington's inauguration was conducted on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street, with thousands of spectators gathered below to witness the historic ...Bởi Scott Allsop

David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the People’s Budget to address social inequality and poverty by redistributing wealth through taxation and welfare ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Eight Irish rail-layers of the Central Pacific Railroad were supported by hundreds of Chinese laborers to lay a record 10 miles 56 feet of ...Bởi Scott Allsop

By the time the armistice was signed on 27 July, the money for Operation Moolah was still untouched as no pilot had brought their MiG-15 to South ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Gestapo operated with broad authority and virtually unlimited power, employing a network of informants and spies to monitor and report on suspected dissidents and political ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Congress didn’t formally declare war until 25 April, although the declaration recognized that a state of war had existed since Spain’s declaration four days ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The money allowed for the purchase of approximately 3,000 volumes from England that were housed in the north wing of the Capitol ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Membership of the Order of the Garter is highly prestigious and is often reserved for members of the English nobility and royalty. Over the centuries, the Order of the Garter has evolved into a ceremonial institution, with its members participating in various official events and ...Bởi Scott Allsop

An estimated 50,000 hopeful settlers gathered along the borders of the Oklahoma Territory prior to the gunshot that gave the signal for them to chaotically race into the territory on foot, horseback, and in wagons to stake their ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The sensational defection of Stalin’s only surviving child made international news and four days later, at a press conference in the Plaza Hotel, she denounced the Soviet Communist regime and her father’s ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The French declaration of war was part of a broader strategy by the revolutionary government to pre-empt foreign intervention and unite the French people behind the revolutionary ...Bởi Scott Allsop

An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Whether Revere referred to the approaching army as ‘regulars’ or ‘Redcoats’ is unclear, but his cry had the intended consequence of signalling the march of troops towards the Massachusetts village of ...Bởi Scott Allsop

This surge in immigration was primarily driven by economic opportunities in the United States, which was at the height of the industrial revolution. This combined with a desire among some to escape growing political instability in Europe, while ethnic and religious violence led Jews from the Russian Empire in particular to seek a new life ...…

Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a revolution in cinema history.Visit the excellent https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/electric-theatre.html for more detailed ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that engulfed entire communities in darkness and choking dust, reducing visibility to just a few ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The resulting emergency led to the calm announcement by the crew of, ‘Houston we’ve had a ...Bởi Scott Allsop

After suffering significant damage during the battle from more than 3,000 artillery rounds over 34 hours, at 2:30 p.m the following day Major Anderson and his men formally surrendered, and the Confederate forces took control of Fort ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, or national ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, making it the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Lee’s surrender to Grant encouraged other Confederate forces across the south to do the same and marked the beginning of the end of the American Civil ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Great Western’s maiden voyage crossed the Atlantic in a record time of 15 days and five ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Eisenhower likened the spread of communism in Southeast Asia to a row of dominoes quickly collapsing after the first one ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety with the primary objectives of maintaining public order, managing the war effort against foreign powers, and rooting out perceived enemies of the ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The first sighting coincided with Easter Sunday, so Roggeveen and his crew agreed to name the landmass Easter ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as the ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. This made him the de facto Prime Minister and, while the title was not officially recognized at the time, Walpole wielded considerable power and ...Bởi Scott Allsop

With the cry of ‘bread or blood!’ the women marched to the city’s market district where they broke into government storehouses and nearby ...Bởi Scott Allsop

While flying over France, the formations experienced high winds that blew them dramatically off ...Bởi Scott Allsop

WrestleMania grossed a reported $12 million and, although reviews of the first event were mixed, it marked the start of the longest-running professional wrestling competition in ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Evans’ excavation of the Linear B tablets at Knossos shed light on the complex and sophisticated nature of the Minoan ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The Cumberland Road quickly became a vital artery for trade and transport, facilitating the movement of people, goods, and ideas between the eastern seaboard and the western ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The incident at Three Mile Island heralded a dramatic shift in public attitudes towards nuclear power and the second reactor never returned to ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The colossal earthquake, registering a magnitude of 9.2, struck Southcentral Alaska and is the most powerful on record in North America and the second-largest ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Although the event was of little military importance overall, the chivalric nature of the battle was celebrated by chroniclers, balladeers, and artists, while survivors of the Thirty were held in held ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The marchers arrived in Montgomery on 25 March, where King made his ‘How Long, Not Long’ speech to a crowd of more than 25,000 ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Elisha Otis was an American mechanic who invented the safety elevator, which featured a mechanism to prevent the platform from falling if the hoisting cable ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The surprise attack was launched against English settlers by the the Powhatan Confederacy, led by Chief ...Bởi Scott Allsop

By the time the concert began at 10pm on 21 March there were thousands of people outside the arena unable to get in who resorted to breaking through the ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The party quickly built support and by 1856 it proved to be the dominant political force in the North when John C. Fremont, the first Republican presidential candidate, won 11 of the 16 Northern ...Bởi Scott Allsop

The heist was masterminded by James Honeyman and James Murray entered the bank late at night on 19 March where they raided the vault and safe deposit boxes. Together they left with approximately $245,000 in bank notes and coins, which is the equivalent of more than $50 million ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Despite a reward of $10 million, and extensive investigations by the FBI, none of the works have ever been recovered and nobody has ever been arrested for the ...Bởi Scott Allsop

Irish soldiers serving in the British Army led the first recorded Saint Patrick's Day parade which, due to the high number of Irish immigrants in New York, quickly became an annual ...Bởi Scott Allsop

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 ...Bởi Scott Allsop

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