by qdmhistory | Sep 11, 2022 | History
On September 3rd, 1783, three representatives of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams, congregated with the representatives of the British Crown to sign what was later known as the Treaty of Paris.On this day, September 11th, 1783, after the...
by qdmhistory | Sep 10, 2022 | History
September 10 marks a macabre miracle: the improbable survival of Mike, the Headless Chicken on a Colorado farm in 1945. On a late summer day on his farm, Lloyd Olsen was sent outside to grab his five-month-old rooster for dinner. This was a fairly normal practice;...
by qdmhistory | Sep 9, 2022 | History
Born on 9/9/1890, in Henryville, Indiana, Harland David Sanders was a successful American entrepreneur. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was the brainchild of Colonel Harland Sanders, who formerly cooked simple country dishes at a roadside gas station in Corbin,...
by qdmhistory | Sep 8, 2022 | History
On this day, Michelangelo Buonarroti unveiled the massive 17-foot tall, 12,000 lbs. white Italian Carrara marble Statue of David in Florence, Italy. The massive statue depicts a naked David, the Biblical King who used a slingshot to kill Goliath. After three years of...
by qdmhistory | Sep 7, 2022 | History
Baby Edith Eleanor McLean was born, weighing just 2 pounds 7 ounces. She was placed in an incubator, then known as a hatching cradle. Most premature babies cannot maintain an average body temperature without external help, making the incubator a necessary medical...
