by qdmhistory | Jan 14, 2022 | History
On January 14, 1794, a baby girl was born to the Bennett family deep in the Virginia backwoods. This delivery, however, was no ordinary birth, for the child was delivered through cesarean section. Dr. Jesse Bennett performed the lifesaving procedure after his...
by qdmhistory | Jan 13, 2022 | Popular
Afghanistan has a reputation for being the Graveyard of Empires. This is much exaggerated because the region has been an integral part of a number of very successful empires. However, the western perspective is dominated by three things – the War in Afghanistan...
by qdmhistory | Jan 12, 2022 | Popular
On January 12, 1967, Dr. James Bedford, an ordinary psychology professor, died an all-too-common death from cancer. Then his story got really weird. That’s because he had decided to take the Life Extension Society’s offer of free cryonic preservation for...
by qdmhistory | Jan 11, 2022 | Popular
On January 11 in 1838, the modern world was invented. Or, at least, the invention that would give rise to the modern world was demonstrated for the first time. This invention, the telegraph, made the world a smaller, more connected place. For the first time in human...
by qdmhistory | Jan 10, 2022 | Popular
Napoleon Bonaparte was married twice. His first wife was Josephine de Beauharnais, while his second wife was Marie-Louise of Austria. However, Napoleon didn’t get remarried because Josephine had died. Instead, the two had a divorce on January 10 of 1810, which...
