This week in history #5

Last week's photos:
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell
1972 Shoichi Yokoi
1788 Sydney Harbor
1945 Auschwitz

Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week.  Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event.  No googling!

For week #5

February 1, ____ - Sixteen minutes before landing, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart in flight, killing all seven crew members.

February 3, ____ - The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous servitude.

February 3, ____ - The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting Congress the authority to collect income taxes.

February 4, ____ - Twenty countries in the United Nations signed "Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment."

This week in history #4

Last week's photos:
Poe 1809
Nautilus 1954
Concorde 1976
Roe 1973

Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week.  Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event.  No googling!

For the fourth week of January

January 23, ____ - Elizabeth Blackwell became America's first woman doctor.

January 24, ____ - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered hiding out on Guam, not knowing World War II had long since ended.

January 26, ____ - The British established a settlement and penal colony at Sydney Harbor in Australia, to relieve overcrowded prisons in England.

January 27, ____ - The Russian Army liberated Auschwitz death camp near Krakow in Poland.

This week in history #3

Last week's photos:
UN 1946
Cigarettes 1964
Donkey 1870
MLK 1929

Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week.  Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event.  No googling!

For the third week of January

January 19, ____ - Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

January 21, ____ - The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Connecticut.

January 21, ____ - The Concorde supersonic jet began passenger service, cruising at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) at an altitude up to 60,000 feet.

January 22, ____ - Abortion became legal in the U.S. as the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of Roe vs. Wade.

This week in history #2

Last week's photos:
Australia 1901
Euro 1999
Bank 1782
Elvis 1935

Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week.  Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event.  No googling!

For the second week of January

January 10, ____ - The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place in London with delegates from 51 countries.

January 11, ____ - The U.S. Surgeon General declared cigarettes may be hazardous to health.

January 15, ____ - The first use of a donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party in America appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly.

January 15, ____ - Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

This week in history #1

Last week's photos:
December 26 – Candy Cane Day
December 27 – Fruitcake Day

Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week.  Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event.  No googling!

For the first week of January

January 1, ____ - The Commonwealth of Australia was founded.

January 1, ____ - Eleven European nations began using the Euro, a new single European currency.

January 7, ____ - The Bank of North America, the first U.S. commercial bank, opened in Philadelphia.

January 8, ____ - Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.