by qdmhistory | May 7, 2022 | History
World War I was unlike any war that had ever gone before. Not only did it involve a large portion of the nations of the world, but it also involved a lot of new military technology. Much of this new technology had never been used in battle before—specifically that of...
by qdmhistory | May 6, 2022 | History
The Hindenburg left Frankfurt, Germany on May 3, 1937, for a scheduled voyage across the Atlantic to Lakehurst’s Naval Air Base carrying 36 passengers and 61 crew members. On May 6, at 7.25 p.m local time, the Hindenburg was engulfed in flames and was utterly...
by qdmhistory | May 5, 2022 | History
On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands died in Britain’s infamous Maze prison. What wasn’t unusual about his case is that he was a member of the Irish Republican Army, the IRA. Lots of members of the IRA were sent to prisons like the Maze. Nor was it unusual that he...
by qdmhistory | May 4, 2022 | History
On May 4, 1904, the United States began work on one of the largest, most expensive, most difficult engineering projects in history. In doing so, it literally remade the world. When Columbus became the first European to discover America, it was an accident. He was...
by qdmhistory | May 3, 2022 | History
In the days following World War One, things were looking dark for the British coal industry. Although there had been a tremendous need for coal during the war, demand fell sharply after it was over. Also, other nations had started to modernize their mining methods,...
