1908 A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River

by qdmhistory | Jun 30, 2021 | History

What exactly happened in a remote area of Siberia on June 30, 1908? The short answer: no one knows, but some incredible force loud enough to be heard miles away also flattened some 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River. Now called the Tunguska Event, it has...

1613 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of “Henry VIII”

by qdmhistory | Jun 29, 2021 | History

Back in Renaissance England, the theatre was a staple of public entertainment. Theatres charged only a few pennies for admission, and the companies operating them often tried to outdo one another with grandiose special effects. Such efforts turned against...

1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe

by qdmhistory | Jun 28, 2021 | History

According to some historians, the shape of world politics changed forever on June 28, 1389. On that day, the Serbian and Ottoman armies clashed on the outskirts of what is now Kosovo. Though both sides suffered heavy losses, the Ottoman armies managed to squeak out a...

1929 1st color TV demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC

by qdmhistory | Jun 27, 2021 | History

In a dark theater at Bell Labs in New York City on June 27th, 1929, a woman sat in front of a lamp flickering across her face and dress. Within moments, her moving image was transmitted to a television screen across the room. The first color tv moment was broadcasted....

1917 1st US troops arrive in France during World War I

by qdmhistory | Jun 26, 2021 | History

The first 14,000 infantry U.S. troops landed in France at the port of Saint-Nazaire on June 26, 1917, during World War I. The motive to keep the site secret from the German submarines was thwarted by the sizable enthusiastic crowd that waited to welcome them....