This week in history #48

Last week's photos:
1963 Kennedy
1859 Darwin
1992 Czech & Slovak
1789 Thanksgiving

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 #48

November 29, ____ - American explorers Richard Byrd and Bernt Balchen completed the first airplane flight to the South Pole.

December 1, ____ - Portugal gained independence from Spain.

December 1, ____ - Iceland gained independence from Denmark.

December 1, ____ - Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of a bus.

This week in history #47

Last week's photos:
1927 Holland Tunnel
1994 Channel Tunnel
1869 Suez Canal
1863 Gettysburg Address

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 #47

November 22, ____ - In downtown Dallas, President John F. Kennedy was shot in the back and head.

November 24, ____ - Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was first published.

November 25, ____ - The Czechoslovakian parliament voted to divide the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics.

November 26, ____ - President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving Day, a day of prayer and public thanksgiving.

This week in history #46

Last week's photos:
1885 Canada Railway
1895 X-Rays
1965 Northeast Blackout
1989 Berlin Wall

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 #46

November 13, ____ - The Holland Tunnel was opened to traffic. The tunnel runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City.

November 14, ____ - The first paying passengers traveled through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France.

November 17, ____ - The Suez Canal opened after more than 10 years of construction.

November 19, ____ - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Edward Everett of Massachusetts preceded Lincoln and spoke for two hours. Lincoln then delivered his address in less than two minutes.

This week in history #45

Last week's photos:
1938 War of the Worlds
1517 Martin Luther
1776 Mission San Juan Capistrano
1957 Sputnik II

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 #45

November 7, ____ - Canada's first transcontinental railway was completed.

November 8, ____ - X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen in Germany.

November 9, ____ - At 5:16 p.m., the Great Blackout of the Northeast began. A tripped circuit breaker caused a chain reaction knocking out interconnected power companies down the East Coast, affecting more than 30 million persons.

November 9, ____ - The Berlin Wall was opened after 28 years.