by qdmhistory | Jul 20, 2021 | History
History was made on October 4, 1957, history when the Soviet Union sent the first man-made aircraft into earth’s orbit with Sputnik I, a shock to the United States government and scientific community. National security implications were huge; an adversary who...
by qdmhistory | Jul 19, 2021 | History
The Seneca Falls Convention was the USA’s first woman’s rights convention. It took place on July 19, 1848, at the Wesleyan Chapel in New York’s Seneca Falls. It was in this meeting where the participants launched the women’s suffrage movement...
by qdmhistory | Jul 18, 2021 | History
On July 18, 2013, the city of Detroit, Michigan, filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.8 billion. While America has seen a number of bankruptcies, the city of Detroit is the largest on to file for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy....
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 18, 2021 | History
Despite the societal norms that discouraged women from publishing, Jane Austen, a woman of her time, managed to overcome these challenges. In an era when women were expected to focus on household duties, she defied the odds and published six novels before her death,...
by qdmhistory | Jul 17, 2021 | Popular
The Allied powers were not of one mind throughout WW2. As a result, there were three major conferences held between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom to facilitate their coordination with one another. The first was the...
