This week in history #44

Last week's photos:
1945 United Nations
1825 Erie Canal
1636 Harvard University
1929 Stock Market Crash

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 #44

October 30, ____ - The War of the Worlds radio broadcast, depicting a Martian invasion of New Jersey, panicked millions of Americans who thought it was real.

October 31, ____ - Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg's palace church.

November 1, ____ - Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in California. Each year, the swallows of Capistrano leave their nests there approx October 23rd and return the following year approx March 19th.

November 3, ____ - Soviet Russia launched Sputnik II, the world's first inhabited space capsule which carried a dog named Laika.

This week in history #43

Last week's photos:
1701 Yale University
1987 Black Monday
1818 US-Canadian Border
1879 Incandescent Lamp

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 #43

October 24, ____ - The United Nations was founded.

October 26, ____ - The Erie Canal opened as the first major man-made waterway in America. It cost over $7 million and took eight years to complete.

October 28, ____ - Harvard University was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

October 29, ____ - The stock market crashed when more than 16 million shares were dumped amid tumbling prices. The Great Depression followed.

This week in history #42

Last week's photos:
1822 Brazil
1775 US Navy
1884 Greenwich Mean Time
1947 Yeager

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 #42

October 16, ____ - Yale University was founded in Connecticut. 

October 19, ____ - Wall Street "Black Monday" occurred. Stocks plunged a record 508 points [22.6 per cent], the largest one-day drop in stock market history. 

October 20, ____ - The US and Britain agreed to set the US-Canadian border at the 49th parallel.

October 21, ____ - Thomas Edison successfully tested an electric incandescent lamp at his laboratory in New Jersey, keeping it lit for over 13 hours. 

This week in history #41

Last week's photos:
1932 Iraq
1990 Germany
1927 Jazz Singer
1871 Chicago Fire

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 #41

October 12, ____ - Brazil became independent of Portugal.

October 13, ____ - The United States Navy was born.

October 13, ____ - Greenwich was established as the universal time throughout the world. 

October 14, ____ - US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier. 

This week in history #40

Last week's photos:
1789 US Army
1829 British "bobbies"
1908 Ford Model T
1949 China

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 #40

October 3, ____ - Iraq gained independence from Britain.

October 3, ____ - East and West Germany were reunited as the Federal Republic of Germany.

October 6, ____ - The first full-length feature film using spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, opened in New York.

October 8, ____ - The Great Fire of Chicago erupted. More than 300 persons were killed and 90,000 were left homeless. The fire leveled 3.5 square miles and destroyed 17,450 buildings.