Browsing: July 24

A Brief History On July 24, 1901, short story writer, William Sydney Porter, was released from prison in Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement. You know him better by his pen name, O. Henry. Digging Deeper Many famous writers have spent time in the slam, including: Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, jailed for sedition in 1703 and again another time for anti-establishment writing. The Marquis de Sade ran afoul of sodomy laws and found himself in and out of jail, finally ending up in an insane asylum in 1801, continuing to write while locked up. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 24, 1814, British forces under Phineas Riall marched to the Niagara River to halt an American force from invading Canada. On July 24, 1901, short story writer, William Sydney Porter, was released from prison in Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement. You know him better by his pen name, O. Henry. On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, a passenger ship only…

A Brief History On July 24, 1980, a quartet of Australian swimmers took the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men’s Swimming 4 by 100-meter medley relay race, the only time an American team failed to win this particular event. Digging Deeper While the US has dominated this particular event, the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, was plagued by politics and the US along with 65 other countries boycotted the games due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Australians, certainly among the greatest swimming nations, produced the “Quietly Confident Quartet,” a self-named crew consisting of Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark…

A Brief History Today, July 24, 2021, we celebrate Ancient History Day! Digging Deeper This playlist organized by Digital Hammurabi presents a collaborative project to bring hours of new historical content to YouTube! The preceding videos have covered just some aspects of Ancient History.  It is our hope that by watching these videos, you will feel motivated to learn more! Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Which video in the playlist did you find to be the most interesting? As part of the YouTube Ancient History Day, a survey is also available here to consumers of ancient Mediterranean history…

A Brief History On July 24, 2001, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha made history as the first monarch of a country to get elected to the top political government job, in this case, Prime Minister of Bulgaria.  Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, born in 1937, had previously reigned as the last Czar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946.  As a minor child while Czar (or Tsar if you prefer), he reigned as Simeon II, though with a regency appointed to actually make the royal decisions Digging Deeper Speaking of leadership trivia, there are only 2 surviving people that served as head of state during World War…