A Brief History On May 18, 1944, Soviet leader Josef Stalin ordered the deportation of the Tatar population of the Crimea to far away Uzbekistan. Stalin accused the Tatars of collaborating with the German army that had invaded Ukraine and the USSR, and he was ruthless with his “relocation,” moving women and children but also communist party members and members of the Soviet armed forces. Digging Deeper Like other ethnic groups in Ukraine, the Tatars had come from somewhere else originally, in this case a Turkic people that had settled in the peninsula from the 13th to the 17th centuries,…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 18th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 18, 1096, Christians in Europe heeded the call of Pope Urban II and joined up with the throngs following local noblemen in a Crusade to regain the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslims that occupied what is now Israel and the Levant, but on this day the Crusading zeal went in a horribly different direction. On May 18, 1896,…
A Brief History On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court of the US ruled that “separate but equal” was a legal doctrine for segregating Caucasian Americans from Americans of sub-Saharan African descent, especially regarding school children. The case known as Plessy v. Ferguson is frequently referred to as the most egregious error in judgement ever made by the Supreme Court. Oddly enough, the case has never been overturned, except regarding the classroom. Digging Deeper Some other cases that have attracted the ire of Supreme Court critics include Dred Scott v. Sandford of 1857 claiming that American citizenship did not extend…
A Brief History On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, a limited number of you have a chance at watching a virtual screening of Pink: All I Know So Far at 7:00PM. The film presents a behind-the-scenes look at P!NK as she balances family and life on the road, leading up to her first Wembley Stadium performance in 2019’s “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. Digging Deeper To reserve a spot for the online screening, you must click on the link below which takes you right to the redeem pass page: http://amazonscreenings.com/HISTORYPINK You then log in or sign up which takes a minute if…
A Brief History On May 18, 2008, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider sold for $10,894,900 at an auction. Interestingly, the selling price for vintage cars is astounding and it can be truly said that only the wealthy can purchase them! Nevertheless, the love for cars is something most of us have experienced and grown with. The current modernized era is full of tech-loaded vehicles which provide all the basic as well as high-end necessities for a comfortable ride, but can you imagine cars from the past having the same level of elegance and pleasure? The popularity of…
