Browsing: October

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 24th, 1537, in a cruel twist of fate, Queen Jane Seymour died of complications following childbirth after having just 12 days earlier provided Henry VIII with his much longed-for son and heir. On October 24, 1871, a number of Chinese immigrants to the United States (perhaps 17 to 20) were lynched in Los Angeles, California, the victims hanged by the…

A Brief History On October 24, 2017, rock and roll and New Orleans jazz pioneer Antoine “Fats” Domino died.  His 1949 song, “The Fat Man,” is considered by some to be the first rock and roll hit, selling over a million copies.  Elvis Presley and the Beatles were fans of Domino, and Fats is not the only great person of considerable girth. Digging Deeper Another rock and roller, Chubby Checker, got his stage name from a comparison to Fats Domino!  Yet another rock and roll great, Mama Cass Elliot, is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 23rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 23, 1739, the War of Jenkins’ Ear began when British Prime Minister Robert Walpole declared war on Spain following the exhibition in Parliament of the severed ear of a British captain allegedly maimed by Spaniards. On October 23, 1812, the mad General Malet seized control of the police of Paris and attempted a coup d’état against Napoleon’s Empire. On October…

A Brief History On October 23, 2022, the Air Force of Myanmar conducted a bombing raid with a few fighter-bombers against a music concert!  At least 80 civilians were killed in an incident called the “Hpakant massacre.” Digging Deeper Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been undergoing a civil war since a military coup took over the government in 2021.  The “junta” government claimed the air raid was against a military post of the rebel Kachin Independence Organisation and that no civilians were targeted or killed.  The large crowd present at the bombing disagrees with that claim. Performers and concert…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 22nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 22, 1707, four ships of the Royal Navy ran aground and sank near the Isles of Scilly near Cornwall in Great Britain. On October 22, 1797, Frenchman and balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin performed the first successful descent in a frameless parachute from a height of 3,000 feet. On October 22, 1926, J. Gordon Whitehead dealt a potentially deadly sucker punch to…