Last week's photos:
1810 Chile Independence
1947 US Air Force
1893 New Zealand Voting
1957 Integration
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!
Week #39
September 29, ____ - Congress created the United States Army.
September 29, ____ - Britain's "bobbies", later known as Scotland Yard, made their first public appearance.
Last week's photos:
2001 US Terrorist Attack
1990 Re-Unified Germany
1741 Handel's Messiah
1908 GM Founded
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!
Week #38
September 18, ____ - Chile declared its independence from Spain.
September 18, ____ - The US Air Force was established.
Last week's photos:
1609 Manhattan
1781 Los Angeles
1822 Brazil
1900 Galveston Hurricane
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!
Week #37
September 11, ____ - The worst terrorist attack in US history occurred when four large passenger jets were hijacked then crashed, killing nearly 3,000 persons.
September 12, ____ - A treaty was signed by East and West Germany restoring a re-unified Germany.
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Last week's photos:
1963 March on Washington
1997 Princess Diana
1666 Great Fire of London
1752 Gregorian Calendar
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!
Week #36
September 4, ____ - Henry Hudson discovered the island of Manhattan.
