Feb 16, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Feb 16 1923Lord Carnarvon opens King Tut’s tomb, revealing one of the most well-preserved treasures from the ancient world. While it has been frequently reported that a curse killed 13 of the 20 people present at...
Feb 15, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Feb 15 1898 The battleship U.S.S. Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, commencing a splendid little war against Spain that ends with the United States owning a colonial empire and Cuba under martial law. Feb 15 1933...
Feb 13, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Feb 13 1917 Mata Hari is arrested for spying. Feb 13 1945 An estimated 135,000 people, mostly women and children, die in the firebombing of the 13th-century city of Dresden, a revenge bombing that had no real military...
Feb 9, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Feb 9 1909 The first federal law prohibiting the importation of opium is enacted, aimed not particularly at the ravages the drug was having on American society (none: white people weren’t using opium), but at the...
Feb 3, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Feb 3 1882P.T. Barnum purchases the elephant Jumbo. He keeps him for three years until the animal’s skull is crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo gets extra exposure, as his stuffed skin and skeleton are...
Jan 27, 2008 | Tahukah Anda |
TODAY IN HISTORY we live in a slightly mad world Jan 27 1343 A papal bull by Clement VI expresses the doctrine that indulgences gain their validity and power from the accumulation of merit in the manifestation of the Catholic Church.Jan 27 1945 Soviet troops liberate...
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