A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 9th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 9, 1825, the United States of America had the only incident (so far) of no presidential candidate winning a majority of the Electoral votes in a presidential election, forcing the House of Representatives to elect our next president. On February 9, 1907, the city of London was the scene of an epic civil rights march, colloquially known as “The Mud…
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A Brief History On February 9, 1907, the city of London was the scene of an epic civil rights march, colloquially known as “The Mud March.” More correctly known as the “United Procession of Women,” it was at the time the largest demonstration in history for the cause of women’s suffrage. Today, we name a few others of the most famous or infamous marches. Digging Deeper The Long March, 1934-1935, when Mao Zedong led Chinese communist forces on an epic retreat by foot over the course of a year, walking about 5600 miles on the trek! The Bataan Death March,…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 8th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 8, 1587, Mary Stuart, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots or even Mary I of Scotland, was executed by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England, her own cousin! On February 8, 1837, the United States Senate elected Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky as the incoming Vice President of the United States, the only time in US history that the…
A Brief History On February 8, 1587, Mary Stuart, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots or even Mary I of Scotland, was executed by the order of Queen Elizabeth I of England, her own cousin! Digging Deeper Mary, born in December of 1542, was only 6 days old when she inherited the throne of Scotland, and reigned for only 15 years before she was forced to abdicate after the murder of her husband and Mary remarrying the main suspect in her husband’s murder only a month after his acquittal for the murder. Failing to reclaim her throne, Mary fled…
A Brief History On February 7th, 2023, US President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union Address. Afterwards, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the Republican response to the President’s address. Digging Deeper I have made polls for each speech in the community area of my YouTube channel and on Twitter where you are welcome to vote your grade for each speech. As possible grades, an A equals “excellent,” a B equals “good,” a C equals “average,” a D equals “below average,” and an F equals “failure.” Please also feel welcome to reply with an explanation of your chosen…